公开(公告)号：US20240262275A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18578693

申请日：2022-07-12

Applicant: Multimatic Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Lee CABANUS ,  Michael Gordon LEHTI

IPC: B60P1/43 ,  B60J5/10

CPC classification number: B60P1/435 ,  B60J5/108 ,  B60Y2200/141

Abstract: A cargo van door system comprises a cargo van with a cargo compartment, first pivoting means to permit one or more doors releasably to pivot laterally and perpendicularly in relation to one of three outward facing side walls of the cargo compartment to act as a door, second pivoting means to permit the door releasably to pivot perpendicularly in relation to a floor of the cargo compartment to act as a ramp, and means to coordinate engagement and disengagement of the first pivoting means and the second pivoting means. When the first pivoting means is engaged to permit the door to swing laterally and perpendicularly in relation to one of the outward facing side walls to continue to function as a door, the second pivoting means is disengaged, and when the second pivoting means is engaged to permit the door to swing perpendicularly in relation to the floor to act as a ramp, the first pivoting means is disengaged.

公开(公告)号：US20230192200A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US17927725

申请日：2021-06-04

Applicant: Multimatic Inc.

Inventor： Michael Gordon LEHTI ,  Scott David WORDEN

IPC: B62D33/037 ,  B60R3/02 ,  B60N3/02

CPC classification number: B62D33/037 ,  B60R3/02 ,  B60N3/023

Abstract: A vehicle tailgate assembly primarily for pick-up trucks comprises a frame with a transverse base and support arms extending perpendicularly therefrom adjacent distal ends of the base. A tailgate door is rotationally mounted to the frame between the support arms. The door comprises a transverse upper section rotationally joined to a transverse lower section at a rotational joint, preferably a hinge. A releasable locking mechanism, typically a latch or multiple latches, is located adjacent the rotational joint to releasably hold the upper section in relation to the lower section at selected orientations. An additional locking mechanism, also typically a latch or multiple latches, may selectively hold the lower section or both the lower section and the upper section to the support arms. The tailgate may also be provided with an extendible tailgate which may be rotated interiorly and exteriorly of the plane of the upper section. An extendible handle, stowable in the upper section or the lower section, may also be provided to support user entry and exit from a cargo hold of the pick-up truck.