Automotive tailgate
Granted 9 May 2006 · no office action yet
Current assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC · originally Ford Motor
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Inventors: David Woodhouse, John Paxton, Kris Tomasson, Henrik Fisker · Examiner: Melody N. Brown · AU 2915 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a rear end perspective view…
FIG. 1 is a rear end perspective view of a first embodiment automotive tailgate in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a rear end perspective view of a second embodiment automotive tailgate in accordance with the present invention; and,
FIG. 3 is a left side/rear end perspective view of the automotive tailgate of FIG. 2, wherein the right side/rear end perspective view is a mirror image thereof.
The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.
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