Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-26
2007-06-26
Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
C296S057100
Reexamination Certificate
active
11464957
ABSTRACT:
A tailgate that is hingeably connected to a vehicle and configured to pivot from a closed position to a generally vertical open position includes an inner panel having an inner tailgate surface and an outer panel having an outer tailgate surface. The outer panel is attached to the inner panel to define a pocket therebetween. An opening extends from the inner tailgate surface to the outer tailgate surface and is configured to receive a foot. A step assembly is housed in the pocket and is moveable from a retracted position enclosing the opening, to an extended position revealing the opening. The step assembly includes a stationary frame fixed with respect to the pocket and a moveable frame moveable with respect to the stationary frame. The moveable frame extends from a lower peripheral edge of the tailgate in the extended position.
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Bartel James J.
Byrd Ronald A.
Doolittle William W.
Askew Gerald W.
Blankenship Greg
Calfa Jeffrey P.
Dayoan D. Glenn
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
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