Patents by Inventor Jay Curtiss Griffith

Jay Curtiss Griffith 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).

  • Tailgate assembly and method for accessing a cargo box of a pickup truck hitched to a trailer
    Patent number: 9988103
    Abstract: A method is provided for lowering a tailgate of a motor vehicle when that motor vehicle is hitched to a trailer having a component that interferes with the lowering of the tailgate. The method comprises the steps of displacing a section of the tailgate to form a clearance opening in the tailgate, folding the tailgate into a lowered position and accommodating the component of the trailer in the clearance opening when the tailgate is folded and lowered. Various tailgate assemblies for performing the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tim Alan Mouch, Jeffrey Ronald Bohmer, Sino Johan Van Dyk, William Edward Draper, III, Jay Curtiss Griffith