US 11,718,354 B2
Vehicle with body panel including flexible fabric
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US); Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US); Robert Walsh, Novi, MI (US); Jacob Michael Haspiel, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Daveanand M. Singh, Detroit, MI (US); Joseph Ian Halaszynski, Farmington Hills, MI (US); and Jesse Rene Diephuis, West Bloomfield, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/331,741.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379696 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 33/023 (2006.01); B60J 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 33/023 (2013.01) [B60J 7/102 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a frame; and
a body panel attached to the frame and providing an exterior surface of the vehicle,
wherein the body panel includes a flexible fabric material,
wherein the vehicle is a pickup truck,
wherein the body panel provides an exterior surface of a bedside panel of the pickup truck,
wherein the frame includes a through-opening,
wherein, when mounted to the frame, the body panel completely covers the through-opening, and
wherein, when uncovered by the body panel, the through-opening provides access from an exterior location to a bed of the pickup truck.