Pickup truck tailgate accessory

Details Pickup truck tailgate accessory Pickup truck tailgate accessory

1988-07-05

1989-12-26

Song, Robert R.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

End gates

B62D 2500

Patent

active

048893781

ABSTRACT:
An accessory for attachment to the tailgate of a pickup truck comprising a panel member of about the same width as the tailgate, and of a height at least about half that of the tailgate, a pair of hinge brackets secured to the tailgate near the sides thereof, bracket secured to the panel member and including a hinge pin secured to the bracket and extending into an aperture in the hinge bracket, a pair of latch apertures in the hinge bracket, a latch bracket secured to the bracket, and a latch pin laterally movable in the latch bracket between a latching position wherein the latch pin extends into one of the latch apertures and a release position wherein the latch pin is retracted from the latch aperture, whereby in the release position, the panel member may pivot about the hinge pins between a first position parallel to the tailgate and a second position substantially perpendicular to the tailgate, so that the accessory serves as an extended stop for long lengths of cargo or as a protector for the top of the tailgate according to the desired arrangement of the accessory.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4029355 (1977-06-01), Wilhelmsen
patent: 4171844 (1979-10-01), Landaal et al.
patent: 4531773 (1985-07-01), Smith
patent: 4778213 (1988-10-01), Palmer

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