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US 10,131,373 B1Granted
Utility cart system for a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKyle David Ness, Eric Joseph Hausman
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Abstract
A utility cart system for a motor vehicle includes a support frame, a base, a folding wall assembly and a folding leg assembly. A method of transporting goods to and from a motor vehicle utilizing a utility cart system is also described.
Claims20
A utility cart system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a support frame;
- a base mounted on a pivot axis to said support frame and displaceable between a stowed position and a use position;
- a folding wall assembly carried on said base and displaceable between a home position and a deployed position;
- and
- a folding leg assembly carried on said support frame and displaceable between a first position and a second position.
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A method of transporting goods to and from a motor vehicle, comprising:
- removing a utility cart from a receiver in said motor vehicle;
- unfolding a folding leg assembly of said utility cart by displacing said folding leg assembly from a first position to a second position;
- displacing a folding wall assembly from a home position to a deployed position;
- and
- pivoting a base of said utility cart from a stowed position to a use position whereby said folding wall assembly is reoriented from a downwardly projecting position to an upwardly projecting position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.