Pickup truck tailgate with stair
CA 2124308 C · Owner: Sorenson, Leif T. · Inventors: Quam, Leverne M.
Overview
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A tailgate for enclosing a pickup truck bed includes a sheet metal wall having upper and lower edges and opposite sides and a stair, with at least two steps integrally formed in the wall and extending between the opposite sides. Side walls are mounted on the opposite sides of the sheet metal wall. The lower edge of the tailgate includes a mount for mounting the tailgate to the pickup truck bed for pivotal motion between open and closed positions. A latch on the wall releasably secures to tailgate to the truck bed in the closed position. Flexible cables hold the tailgate in the open position with the steps horizontally orientated.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 25, 1994 and granted February 3, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 25, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 25, 2016.
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