Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Patent
1989-05-26
1990-06-05
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
2961801, D62D 2500
Patent
active
049308343
ABSTRACT:
A fabric tailgate for a pickup truck which has a cargo carrier with a bed, vertical sides and a front enclosing the bed with an open end, is made by forming a rectangular sheet of material made from plastic fabric having re-enforced edges and a length as long as the pickup truck opening is wide and a height as high as the vertical sides of the pickup. Along the top and outer edges of the fabric tailgate are straps which pass through "U" shaped mounting brackets attached to the upper edge of the open end of the pickup truck. A "C" shaped securing mounting is attached along the bottom edge of the pickup truck. A cylindrical plastic rod is sewn into the hem along the bottom of the fabric tailgate and inserted into the "C" shaped opening of the mounting bracket. The "C" shaped mounting bracket extends along the entire length of the bed of the pickup truck. Once the fabric tailgate is anchored along the bottom to the "C" shaped anchoring bracket, the top portions are pulled tight with the straps and the fabric tailgate is installed.
The weave of the tailgate should be fine enough so that it permits free entry of wind and also permits the insertion of painted material on the outer portion of the fabric which can be read by a viewer approaching the rear of the pickup truck.
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