Patents by Inventor David Benjamin Tuck

David Benjamin Tuck has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Integrated vehicle tailgate
    Patent number: 6454338
    Abstract: The present invention provides an integrated tailgate for a vehicle having a planar cargo bed, the tailgate operable between a closed vertical position and an open horizontal position, and a structure slideably received by the tailgate extendable to a substantially horizontal position when the tailgate is in the open position, whereat the structure is rotateably operable between the horizontal position, an upwardly rotated substantially vertical position perpendicular to the open tailgate, and a downwardly rotated position a predetermined degree between zero and ninety degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Brian Glickman, David Benjamin Tuck