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US 2011/0232340 A1Published application
Method and Mechanism for Attaching a Locking Mechanism to a Pick-Up Truck Tailgate
AssigneeVSI Corporation
InventorDimiter S. Zagoroff
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Abstract
A method of mounting a lock to a pick-up truck tailgate latching mechanism including the steps of locating targets for holes to be formed in a plastic bezel, the bezel carrying a handle for the tailgate, forming the holes in the plastic bezel, and securing the locking mechanism to the bezel via the formed holes.
Claims5
A locking mechanism for a pick-up truck tailgate latching mechanism comprising:
- a lock cylinder, the cylinder including a shaft rotated by a key;
- a cam attached to the shaft of the lock cylinder, the cam moveable between a first position and a second position;
- a housing carrying the lock cylinder and cam, the housing mounted to an exterior portion of a plastic bezel of the pick-up truck, the bezel carrying a handle actuating a tailgate latching mechanism, and secured to the plastic bezel by coupling with at least one fastener located at an interior portion of the bezel via one or more holes in the plastic bezel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.