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US 8,894,124 B2Granted
Vehicle load floor assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBhavani Thota, Michael James Whitens, Gian Carlo Morlet Ugalde
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Abstract
A load floor assembly for a vehicle includes a seatback that pivots between an upright position and a stowed position. A cargo floor extends rearward of the seatback, and a load panel is coupled with the cargo floor. The load panel moves between a rearward position and a forward position. In the forward position, the load panel extends over at least a lower portion of the seatback in the stowed position.
Claims17
A vehicle load floor assembly, comprising:
- a seatback pivotal between upright and stowed positions;
- a cargo floor having an elevated portion extending rearward of the seatback;
- a load panel coupled with the elevated portion;
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- a track assembly having a rail slidably engaged with a slider, together coupled between the load panel and the elevated portion for sliding the load panel forward over at least a lower portion of the seatback in the stowed position.
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A vehicle load floor assembly, comprising:
- a seat having a seatback pivotable to a collapsed position;
- a cargo floor elevated rearward the seat;
- a rail coupled with the cargo floor;
- a load panel having a slider coupled with the rail and slidable horizontally from a rearward position to a forward position extending over the seatback in the collapsed position;
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- an extension panel coupled with the load panel and deployable forward from the load panel.
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A load floor assembly, comprising:
- a track assembly configured to engage an elevated portion of a cargo floor rearward a vehicle seat;
- a load panel coupled with the track assembly for sliding to a forward position in general alignment with and beyond the elevated portion;
- an extension panel pivotally coupled with a front portion of the load panel and pivotal to a deployed position in alignment with the load panel;
- a first aperture extending through the load panel, wherein the first aperture is configured to align with a tie-down connector on the cargo floor when the load panel is in a rearward position;
- a second aperture extending through the extension panel that is aligned with the first aperture when the extension panel in a non-deployed position;
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- a door substantially covering the second aperture and pivotally coupled with the extension panel, wherein the door is pivotal to an open position for accessing the tie-down connector on the cargo floor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.