Closure fasteners – Bolts – Multiple
Patent
1986-03-03
1987-07-07
Moore, Richard E.
Closure fasteners
Bolts
Multiple
292DIG43, E05C 502
Patent
active
046782125
ABSTRACT:
A pair of locking rods are pivotally interconnected to opposite sides of a handle manipulated swivel plate and have end portions that extend, respectively, outwardly through openings in end walls of a tailgate housing. Locking plates fixedly mounted to a truck bed adjacent each side of the tailgate housing include openings for receiving the outer end portions of the locking rods and, in this manner, lock the tailgate in closed position. Coil springs serve to resiliently maintain the locking rods in an outwardly extending relation and simultaneously cause the end portions of the rods to ride up and over a locking entrance camming surface on the locking plates before being fully received within the openings of the locking plates. This latter feature permits slamming or closing of the tailgate without handle manipulation.
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Moore Richard E.
Netter George J.
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