Expandable vehicle
CA 1089507 A · Owner: Beggs, George · Inventors: Beggs, George
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A body portion (42a, 142a) of a standard type vehicle (40, 140) such as the rear body panel (42a) of an automobile (40) or a side body panel (142a) of a van (140) is pivotally connected (44) to the balance of the vehicle (40, 140) by an accordion folding hood (46 144). Alterna-, tively, an attachment (220) may be used to replace a removed body panel (230) of an automobile (40) or a corresponding side body panel of a van and is pivotally connected to the balance of the vehicle (40) by an accordion folding hood (46). In either instance the pivoted panel (42a, 142a) or attachment (224) is pivotable to a collapsed position of the hood in which position it defines an original enclosed usable …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted November 11, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 11, 1997.
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