Frame structure for vehicle tailgate

Details Frame structure for vehicle tailgate Frame structure for vehicle tailgate

2006-10-10

2006-10-10

Morrow, Jason (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

End gates

C296S051000, C296S146500, C296S146120

Reexamination Certificate

active

07118153

ABSTRACT:
A tailgate assembly adapted to be mounted along an open edge of a vehicle's load-carrying bed includes a stamped sheet metal frame having a reinforced cross-sectional shape with an inner side facing an associated vehicle's load-carrying bed and an outer side opposite the inner side. The tailgate assembly further includes a skin attached to the outer side of the frame.

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