Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Patent
1996-03-14
1997-10-21
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
296 53, B60J 512
Patent
active
056788762
ABSTRACT:
A pair of mounting brackets are described for removable vehicle tailgates that have a prescribed height and thickness dimension. Each bracket includes an elongated rigid base member with a side surface extending between top and bottom ends. An adapter on each base member is used for attaching the base member to a vehicle. A pair of bottom flanges are provided at the bottom end of each base member, projecting from the side surface thereof and spaced apart to releasably receive the thickness dimension of the tailgate. A top flange is located adjacent the top end of each base member projecting from the side surface thereof. The top flange of each base member includes a bottom edge surface, and the bottom flanges of each base member include top edge surfaces spaced along the associated base member by a distance less than the prescribed height dimension of the tailgate and greater than the thickness dimension of the tailgate.
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Photograph of a tailgate mounting bracket that was on sale prior to Mar. 14, 1995.
Burton Bruce O.
Sargent Robert P.
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