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US 6,422,342 B1Granted
Tailgate step for pick-up truck bed access
AssigneeDecoma Exterior Trim Inc.
InventorsBradford Armstrong, Willi Sitkei
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Abstract
A stowable step has a housing, a U-shaped step platform and a sliding member pivotally engaging the step platform. The sliding member is slidably mounted within the housing for reciprocating movement between a retracted stowed position wherein the platform extends into the housing and a deployed position wherein the platform can pivot relative to the sliding member to a substantially vertical position.
Claims11
A stowable step comprising:
- a housing defining a slide channel;
- a U-shaped step coupled to said slide channel of said housing;
- a U-shaped sliding member pivotally engaging said step, said sliding member slidably mounted within said slide channel of said housing for reciprocating movement between a retracted stowed position wherein said step and said sliding member substantially extend into and are covered by said housing and a deployed position wherein said step can pivot relative to said sliding member to a substantially vertical position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.