Station wagon tailgate

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1978-02-27

1979-03-13

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

End gates

49386, B62D 2508

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041439040

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle tailgate of the type which is hinged along a bottom edge for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis. Specifically, the invention concerns a torque rod type counterbalancing spring for the tailgate which exerts both an outward opening bias on the tailgate and a lifting or closing force on the tailgate opposing opening movement so as to counterbalance gravitational forces thereon. The torque rod is mounted and connected so that the rod is continuously stressed in a torsional manner in only one direction from opening to closing, there being no null point where there is a reversal of stress on the torque rod.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2984517 (1961-05-01), Farrow
patent: 3031225 (1962-04-01), Saffer
patent: 3336070 (1967-08-01), Jackson

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