VEHICLE CARGO BOX

摘要

A cargo box has a cargo box body and a tailgate. The cargo box body has two walls, a floor, an opened side, at least one slot defined in the floor, and at least one tab extending from at least one of the walls. The tailgate is selectively pivotally connected to the cargo box body and has at least one tailgate tab extending from a bottom thereof and being received in the at least one slot and at least one recess defined in a side thereof. The at least one tab overlaps a portion of the tailgate when the tailgate is closed thereby preventing opening of the tailgate. The tailgate is generally vertically slidable to align the at least one recess with the at least one tab thereby permitting opening of the tailgate. A vehicle having the tailgate and methods of opening and removing a tailgate are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A cargo box for a vehicle comprising:
a cargo box body having:
two walls;a floor connected to the two walls;an opened side defined between the two walls and the floor;at least one slot defined in the floor between the two walls; andat least one tab extending from at least one of the walls toward another one of the walls; a tailgate selectively pivotally connected to the cargo box body between an opened position and a closed position where the tailgate closes at least a portion of the opened side of the cargo box body, the tailgate having:
at least one tailgate tab extending from a bottom of the tailgate and being received in the at least one slot of the cargo box body, the tailgate tab permitting sliding and pivoting of the tailgate relative to the cargo box body; andat least one recess defined in a side of the tailgate being next to the at least one of the walls having the at least one tab when the tailgate is in the closed position, the at least one tab overlapping a portion of the tailgate when the tailgate is in the closed position thereby preventing the tailgate from pivoting to the opened position, the tailgate being generally vertically slidable to align the at least one recess of the tailgate with the at least one tab thereby permitting pivoting of the tailgate to the opened position.