Side opening cargo rack
CA 2533675 C · Owner: Magna International Inc. · Inventors: Watson, Brad E.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A rack assembly secures articles to a motor vehicle having a liftgate. The liftgate defines a predetermined liftgate with a bumper and a roof rack. The rack assembly includes first and second base mounts that are fixedly secured to the bumper. The rack assembly also includes first and second rack mounts that are fixedly secured to the roof rack. The rack assembly also includes a mounting rack that is pivotally secured to the first base mount and the first rack mount and removeably securable to the second base mount and second rack mount. The mounting rack provides securing devices for securing articles thereto.
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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 January 23, 2006 and granted July 2, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 23, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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Timeline
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Sources & verification
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