Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-22
2011-03-22
Pape, Joseph D (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
Reexamination Certificate
active
07909381
ABSTRACT:
A tailgate assembly is provided for a cargo bed of a vehicle. The tailgate assembly includes a support panel and a tailgate panel. The support panel is configured for attachment to a vehicle such that the support panel is selectively pivotable between horizontal and vertical positions. The tailgate panel is attached to the support panel. The tailgate panel is configured to selectively define an end wall for the cargo bed when the support panel is in the horizontal position. The tailgate panel is configured to selectively define a step when the support panel is in the vertical position. A vehicle including a cargo bed having such a tailgate assembly is also provided.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3713553 (1973-01-01), Curtis et al.
patent: 3889997 (1975-06-01), Schoneck
patent: 4846487 (1989-07-01), Criley
patent: 5205603 (1993-04-01), Burdette, Jr.
patent: 5312150 (1994-05-01), Quam
patent: 5549312 (1996-08-01), Garvert
patent: 5732996 (1998-03-01), Graffy et al.
patent: 5988725 (1999-11-01), Cole
patent: 6116378 (2000-09-01), Barrow
patent: 6237927 (2001-05-01), Debo
patent: 6378927 (2002-04-01), Parry-Jones et al.
patent: 6422342 (2002-07-01), Armstrong et al.
patent: 6764123 (2004-07-01), Bilyard
patent: 6840526 (2005-01-01), Anderson et al.
patent: 6857680 (2005-02-01), Fielding
patent: 6905158 (2005-06-01), Bastian
patent: 6918624 (2005-07-01), Miller et al.
patent: 6942272 (2005-09-01), Livingston
patent: 6964444 (2005-11-01), Chumley et al.
patent: 6966597 (2005-11-01), Tegtmeier
patent: 6971478 (2005-12-01), Bareket
patent: 2002/0070577 (2002-06-01), Pool, III et al.
patent: 2005/0121933 (2005-06-01), Livingston
2008 Ford Super Duty: More Capability, More Features and More Refinement for America's Leading Workhorse [online], [retrieved May 7, 2007]. Retrieved from the Internet <URL: http://media.ford.com
ewsroom/feature—display. cfm?release=23937>; 3 pages.
Office Action and PTO-892, Notification Date of Jun. 25, 2009, U.S. Appl. No. 11/800,734, Titled: Tailgate Assemblies and Vehicles Including Same, Filed May 7, 2007, Inventors: Darin D. King, et al., 13 pages.
Office Action and PTO-892, Notification Date of Jan. 7, 2010, U.S. Appl. No. 11/800,734, Titled: Tailgate Assemblies and Vehicles Including Same, Filed May 7, 2007, Inventors: Darin D. King, et al., 7 pages.
Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due, Notification Date of Mar. 10, 2010, U.S. Appl. No. 11/800,734, Titled: Tailgate Assemblies and Vehicles Including Same, Filed May 7, 2007, Inventors: Darin D. King, et al., 10 pages.
Bowers Lee N.
King Darin D.
Honda Motor Company Ltd.
Pape Joseph D
Ulmer & Berne LLP
LandOfFree
Tailgate assemblies and vehicles including same does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Tailgate assemblies and vehicles including same, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Tailgate assemblies and vehicles including same will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2671402