Hinge and catch assembly for motor vehicle endgate system

Details Hinge and catch assembly for motor vehicle endgate system Hinge and catch assembly for motor vehicle endgate system

2008-04-08

2009-10-06

Gutman, H (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

End gates

Reexamination Certificate

active

07597374

ABSTRACT:
An assembly for opening and closing a passageway into the body of a vehicle includes a post secured to the body at a lateral side of the passageway, an endgate for opening and closing the passageway and able to swing alternately about a lateral axis and an upright axis, a pivot support secured to the first post and aligned with the lateral axis, and a pivot secured to the endgate and aligned with the lateral axis, for alternately engaging and disengaging the pivot support, with the engagement supporting the endgate for pivoting about the lateral axis, and with the disengagement permitting the endgate to pivot about the upright axis.

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