Tailgate lowering mechanism
CA 2320067 A1 · Owner: Bowers, Jerald A. · Inventors: Bowers, Jerald A.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A lowering mechanism for a tailgate of a vehicle comprises a spring housing a, spring, and a flexible cable. The spring housing is preferably mounted under a lip of the, truck box. The spring extends coaxially between a proximal and distal end of the tube. The flexible cable has a first end attached to the tailgate and a second end attached to the, coil spring adjacent the distal end of the tube. The cable extends coaxially through the, spring and the tube. The spring retards movement of the tailgate to a generally horizontal, open position.
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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
- Filed September 19, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 19, 2020.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 19, 2022.
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