Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,000,496 · App. 07/250,048
Tailgate latch
Inventors:
Peter Miskech, George Edward Ruck, William J. Coseo
Patented Case
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Granted: Mar 19, 1991
Filed: Sep 28, 1988
Inventors
Peter Miskech
George Edward Ruck
William J. Coseo
Assignee (at issue)
Ford Motor Company
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