Multi-access liftgate
AssigneeMagna Exteriors Inc.
InventorsLuyao Zhu, Marc Cogswell, Robert M. Horner
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Abstract
A multi-way liftgate assembly providing a plurality of dividers dividing the rear cargo area of a passenger vehicle into a plurality of secure areas assessable from a plurality of panels forming a liftgate to provide controlled access to one or more of those compartments. The vehicle operator has secure control of which portions of the cargo area can be selectively accessed. The multi-way liftgate assembly provides multiple secure openings to the cargo area of a vehicle that typically has only one secure opening to the cargo area.
Claims16
A multiple-access liftgate assembly operable for a vehicle, comprising:
- a liftgate including gate edges;
- at least one liftgate access door which allows selective sub-liftgate sized access to a rear compartment of the vehicle without requiring opening the entire liftgate;
- wherein said sub-liftgate sized access and said liftgate access door is less than the width between the liftgate gate edges that are located to both sides of said sub-liftgate sized access;
- wherein said at least one liftgate access door is operably hinged for being folded upward.
A multiple-access liftgate assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a liftgate having gate side edges;
- at least one liftgate access door in said liftgate which allows sub-liftgate sized access to a rear compartment of the vehicle without requiring opening of the entire liftgate, wherein said sub-liftgate sized access of said liftgate access door is less than the width between the gate side edges located to both sides of said sub-liftgate sized access;
- wherein said at least one liftgate access door is operably coupled to said liftgate for selectively lifting upward.
A multiple-access liftgate assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one liftgate operably adapted for selectively opening for accessing at least one rear cargo compartment of the vehicle, said liftgate including side gate edges;
- at least one liftgate access having a width less than the width between said gate edges, said gate edges located to both sides of said sub-liftgate sized access, and operably coupled in the liftgate to selectively operably fold upward to allow access into at least one secure compartment without requiring opening the entire liftgate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.