Pickup truck having an adjustable tailgate
AssigneeGregory Mark Sauri
InventorGregory M. Sauri
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Abstract
A tailgate is attached to a truck bed in a vertical position across the opening. A rear shaft and a front shaft extend across the truck bed, and a pair of chains travel around sprockets near each end of the rear shaft and the front shaft. A motor rotates the front shaft to move the chains, thus moving the tailgate upward and forward through the truck bed. The tailgate can be temporarily attached to the sides of the truck bed in a selected position, or it can be raised into a spoiler position. The tailgate may also be manually operable between positions.
Claims13
A pickup truck, comprising:
- a truck bed, defined by a floor, a front, and two sides, leaving a rectangular opening at one end;
- a tailgate;
- a rear shaft extending across the truck bed and having a sprocket near each end of the rear shaft;
- a front shaft extending across the truck bed and having a sprocket near the end of each end of the front shaft;
- a pair of chains, each chain traveling around the sprockets near each end of the rear shaft and the front shaft, and connected to the tailgate;
- a motor for rotating the front shaft to move the chains, thus moving the tailgate upward and forward through the truck bed;
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- means for temporarily attaching the tailgate to the sides of the truck bed in a selected position.
A pickup truck, comprising:
- a truck bed, defined by a floor, a front, and two sides, leaving a rectangular opening at one end;
- a tailgate, having an upper end and a lower end;
- means for attaching the upper end of the tailgate to the sides of the truck bed at a selected position along the length of the truck bed;
- a bracket attached to the sides of the truck bed at a selected position along the length of the truck bed;
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- means for attaching the lower end of the tailgate to the bracket to hold the lower end of the tailgate in a spoiler position.
A pickup truck, comprising:
- a truck bed, defined by a floor, a front, and two sides, leaving a rectangular opening at one end;
- a tailgate, having an upper end and a lower end;
- means for attaching the upper end of the tailgate to the sides of the truck bed at a selected position along the length of the truck bed;
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- means for attaching the lower end of the tailgate to the sides of the truck bed at the same selected position along the length of the truck bed as the upper end to hold the lower end of the tailgate in a storage position whereby the tailgate has a vertical orientation in the storage position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.