Vehicle with an integrated sawhorse
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPattrick Loew, Brian Robert Spahn
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Abstract
An apparatus for a vehicle including a vehicle bed having a wall with a recess formed therein. The apparatus comprises a sawhorse adapted for positioning in the recess of the vehicle bed in a stowed position and removed for use apart from the vehicle. A vehicle with an integrated sawhorse may thus be provided. Related methods are also provided.
Claims17
An apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle bed including a wall having a recess formed therein;
- and
- a sawhorse positioned in the recess in a stowed position and for being removed for use apart from the vehicle;
- wherein the recess is sized and shaped to correspond in size and shape to a cross member of the sawhorse.
A vehicle comprising a collapsible, removable sawhorse forming an integral portion of the vehicle, the sawhorse comprising a cross member and a plurality of legs depending therefrom in a deployed condition of the sawhorse, wherein the cross member in a stowed position is within a recess in a wall of the vehicle forming a portion of a vehicle bed, the recess having an opening:
- (i) at a rear end of the vehicle bed for receiving the sawhorse in a travel direction of the vehicle directly from a position external to the vehicle bed, (ii) on a top of the wall for receiving the sawhorse in a vertical direction transverse to the travel direction.
A method of providing a sawhorse in connection with a vehicle including a bed having a floor for receiving and supporting objects for transport, comprising:
- positioning the sawhorse in a recess formed in a wall at least partially defining the vehicle bed, the recess being sized and shaped to correspond in size and shape to a cross member of the sawhorse.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.