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US 4,040,654 · App. 05/655,133

Linkage for hinged tailgates

Inventors: Max L. Hill, Richard James Kimmel
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Granted: Aug 9, 1977 Filed: Feb 4, 1976
Inventors
Max L. Hill
Richard James Kimmel
Assignee (at issue)
The Coleman Company, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 4,040,654
App. No.
05/655,133
Filed
1976-02-04
Granted
1977-08-09
Kind
A