Pickup tailgate mounting assembly

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1994-08-05

1995-06-27

Pape, Joseph

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

End gates

296 571, B62D 2500

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054274257

ABSTRACT:
A mounting system for a conventional tailgate of a pick-up truck is capable of securing the tailgate within the cargo bay of the truck and at the same time utilize the tailgate to provide a short bed or containment area within the cargo bed. Two top brackets are secured to opposing sidewalls of the cargo area. The brackets extend towards each other and provide for pivotal mounting of the tailgate. Two stop brackets attached to the cargo bed floor limit the motion of the tailgate mounted on the top brackets. In an alternative embodiment, the top bracket and bottom brackets are secured to two elongated brace members before being secured with the cargo bed.

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patent: 5232259 (1993-08-01), Booker
patent: 5232913 (1993-10-01), Metivier
patent: 5271656 (1993-12-01), Hull et al.

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