Patent ID: 6447054
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B60J,E05D,E05Y

Abstract:
A vehicle comprising:a body defining a passenger compartment having an access opening to the passenger compartment and having a rear wheel opening with a center point; a first door openably connected to the body and closing a forward portion of the access opening; and a second door connected to the body and closing a rearward portion of the access opening, the second door having a lower extension; wherein the second door is pivotably mounted to the body by a mechanical link and moves outwardly and rearwardly through an arcuate path from a closed to open position while maintaining a substantially parallel relationship to the body, and further wherein the movement of the second door from the closed to open position does not include a sliding motion and wherein the second door moves to the open position, the lower extension is entirely outboard from the wheel opening.