Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-12
2009-06-23
Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
C296S057100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07549691
ABSTRACT:
An end gates which provides access to a cargo area of an automotive vehicle has a pair of outwardly opening cups which receive a pair of opposed pins directed inwardly from the cargo area. The end gate is rotatable from a closed vertical position through substantially 90° to provide horizontal access to the cargo area. The pins on the cargo area are aligned with notches in the cups when the end gate is in an intermediate position so that the end gate may be removed from the cargo area. In order to prevent the end gate from becoming inadvertently detached from the cargo area, resilient retainer clips are provided that overlie the notches so as to lock the pins in the cups and retain the end gate on the vehicle. The resilient retainer clips are rotated out of alignment with the notches when it is desired to remove the end gate from the vehicle.
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Nelson Matthew J.
Schulte Edward L.
GM Global Technology Operations Inc.
Patel Kiran B.
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