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US 11,142,136 B2Granted
Vehicle cargo area assembly
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorNeelamkumar R Deshpande
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Abstract
A vehicle cargo area assembly includes a cargo area structure, a tailgate structure and a flexible cover assembly. The tailgate structure is supported to the cargo bed structure for pivotal movement with respect thereto between a closed orientation and an open orientation. The flexible cover assembly has a first end attached to the cargo area structure and a second end attached to the tailgate structure. The flexible cover assembly covers a gap defined between the cargo area structure and the tailgate structure with the tailgate structure in the open orientation.
Claims15
A vehicle cargo area assembly, comprising:
- a cargo area structure;
- a tailgate structure supported to the cargo bed structure for pivotal movement with respect thereto between a closed orientation and an open orientation;
- a flexible cover assembly having a flexible sheet-like material, a first attachment bracket and a second attachment bracket, with a first end attached to the cargo area structure and a second end attached to the tailgate structure, the flexible cover assembly covering a gap defined between the cargo area structure and the tailgate structure with the tailgate structure in the open orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.