Multi-position vehicle tailgate assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKeith Alan Kuzmich, Norman william Fasecas, Robert J. Garby
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Abstract
A multi position tailgate assembly (10) includes a tailgate (14), at least one hinge element (16), moveable between a closed position (20), and an opened position (22), and at least one cable element having a first end attached to an automobile and a second end attached to the hinge element (16). The assembly allows the tailgate to be opened to a first position when the hinge element is closed and a second, lower or angled position, when the hinge element is open.
Claims16
A multi-position tailgate assembly for use on an automobile comprising:
- a tailgate;
- at least one hinge element, said at least one hinge element moveable between a closed position and an opened position, said at least one hinge element positioned on said tailgate;
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- at least one cable element, said at least one cable element having a first end attached to the automobile, and a second end attached to said at least one hinge element;
- wherein when said at least one hinge element is in said closed position, said tailgate is held in a primary open position and when said at least one hinge element is in said open position, said tailgate is held in a secondary open position.
A multi position tailgate assembly for use on an automobile comprising:
- a tailgate;
- at least one hinge element, said at least one hinge element moveable between a closed position and an opened position, said at least one hinge element positioned on said automobile;
- and
- at least one cable element, said at least one cable element having a first end attached said tailgate, and a second end attached to said at least one hinge element;
- wherein when said at least one hinge element is in said closed position, said tailgate is held in a primary open position and when said at least one hinge element is in said open position, said tailgate is held in a secondary open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.