Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Variable capacity of body
Patent
1997-10-14
1999-12-28
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Variable capacity of body
296 571, B62D 3302
Patent
active
060071273
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a tailgate cargo container (10) having a left panel (12L) which has at least one left panel hinge (12LA) which is positioned at a bottom end thereof and connected to a left side of a vehicle tailgate (14A). The left panel (12L) further has at least one left panel hinge cut out (12LC) positioned at a rear edge thereof. A right panel (12R) which has at least one right panel hinge (12RA) positioned at a bottom end thereof is connected to a right side of the vehicle tailgate (14A). The right panel (12R) further has at least one right panel hinge cut out (12RC) positioned at a rear edge thereof. A middle panel (12C) which has at least one middle panel left hinge (12CAL) positioned at a left side of a bottom end thereof and connected to a left rear side of the vehicle tailgate (14A). The at least one left panel hinge cut out (12LC) is complimentarily positioned over the at least one middle panel left hinge (12CAL) when the left panel (12L) is folded inward. The middle panel (12C) further has at least one middle panel right hinge (12CAR) positioned at a right side of a bottom end thereof and connected to a right rear side of the vehicle tailgate (14A). The at least one right panel hinge cut out (12RC) is complimentarly positioned over the at least one middle panel right hinge (12CAR) when the right panel (12R) is folded inward. The middle panel (12C) further has at least one middle panel center hinge (12CAC) positioned along a middle bottom end thereof and connected to a middle rear side of the vehicle tailgate (14A). The middle panel (12C) further has an inwardly facing middle panel skirt (12CB) positioned along a left side and a right side and a top side. The middle panel skirt (12CB) has a width slightly larger than a width of the left panel (12L) or right panel (12R) functioning to prevent debris from accumulating between the panels (12L, 12R, 12C). Finally, a latching arrangement secures the left panel (12L) and right panel (12R) to the middle panel (12C).
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Garofalo Mary Ann
Pape Joseph D.
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