Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Gigette Bejin
  • Vehicle table
    Patent number: 6467417
    Abstract: A foldable table for a vehicle provides a durable work surface suited for construction work and the like. The table includes a planar member, a mounting structure, a bracket and a support member. The mounting structure is provided to vertically position the planar surface at the side of the vehicle. The bracket secures the mounting structure to the side of the vehicle and the support member retains the planar surface. The support member is pivotally attached to the mounting structure whereby the support member and the planar surface may be stowed by pivoting the planar surface and the support member toward the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Guyot, Mark A. Ehrhardt, Daniel Darnell, Scott Froom, Emily Gustavsen, Richard Bohman
  • Stowable load ramp for vehicles
    Patent number: 6378927
    Abstract: A stowable load ramp for a vehicle includes a tailgate operable between a closed vertical position and an open horizontal position, an upper panel hingedly attached to the tailgate, a lower panel hingedly attached to the upper panel, and wherein the upper and lower panels are operable between a stowed horizontal position and an extended downwardly angled ramp position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Parry-Jones, David L. Payne, Daniel Rodriguez, Norman William Fasecas, Robert J. Garby
  • Multi-functional tailgate for truck-like vehicles
    Patent number: 6364391
    Abstract: A horizontal hinged tailgate assembly 7 is provided for a vehicle 10. The tailgate assembly 7 includes a frame 20. A seating platform 60 is provided which is connected to frame 20 and has a seating surface 62. A seat back 64 is included with a first position with a lower end 68 connected to frame 20 adjacent seating platform 60 and an upper end 88 oriented generally vertically upwards. The seat back 64 also has a second table position with the lower end 68 being connected to frame 20 and with seat back 64 extending rearwardly from frame 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan A. Everett
  • Multi-position vehicle tailgate assembly
    Patent number: 6267429
    Abstract: A multi position tailgate assembly (10) includes a tailgate (14), at least one hinge element (16), moveable between a closed position (20), and an opened position (22), and at least one cable element having a first end attached to an automobile and a second end attached to the hinge element (16). The assembly allows the tailgate to be opened to a first position when the hinge element is closed and a second, lower or angled position, when the hinge element is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Alan Kuzmich, Norman william Fasecas, Robert J. Garby
  • Vehicle with closed liftglass assembly
    Patent number: D457115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Christopher Mahoney, Lynn David Dadeppo, Pasquale Lalama, Phillip Joseph Linson, A. Michael Paiva, Rakesh Sehgal
  • Vehicle liftglass assembly
    Patent number: D457844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Joseph Linson, Lynn David Dadeppo, Pasquale Lalama, A. Michael Paiva, Rakesh Sehgal