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US 7,118,163 B1Granted
Cantilevered hatch back construction
OwnerDuane K. Overcashinventor
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Abstract
A hatch back construction (10) for the bed (101) of a pick-up truck (100) equipped with a camper shell (200) wherein, the construction (10) includes a hatch back member (20) provided with a step shouldered continuous peripheral skirt (21) having an outer portion (21′) with a minimum width of 3″ and further having an outwardly extending portal sleeve (22) equipped with a door element (30) wherein, the hatch back construction (10) expands the effective length of the bed (101) of the pick-up truck (100) by a minimum of 5″.
Claims9
A hatch back construction for the bed of a pick-up truck equipped with a camper shell wherein, the construction comprises
- a hatch back member including a step shouldered skirt having an outer portion with a minimum depth
- means for mounting the hatch back member so that the hatch back member extends rearwardly from the camper shell and the bed of the pick-up truck;
- and
- wherein, the step shouldered skirt has an inner portion that is provided with a sealing gasket that comes into contact with both the camper shell and an interior tailgate stop flange of the bed of the pick-up truck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.