Side mounted tailgate step

Details Side mounted tailgate step Side mounted tailgate step

2011-03-01

2011-03-01

Pape, Joseph D (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

End gates

C280S166000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07896419

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle tailgate side mounted step assist mechanism attachable to a vehicle including a vehicle bed coupled to a pillar and a tailgate pivotally attached to the vehicle bed for providing access to the vehicle bed in a tailgate open position and securing contents of the vehicle bed in a tailgate closed position. The mechanism may include generally parallel supports rotatably mountable to a side of the tailgate, the supports capable of being deployed when the tailgate is in the tailgate open position and stowed when the tailgate is in the tailgate closed position. A tailgate step is disposable between the supports at a predetermined distance from the side of the tailgate, and a lockout device prevents the tailgate from returning to the tailgate closed position when the tailgate step is deployed.

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