Patent ID: 7377563
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising: a passenger compartment; a rear cargo area extending rearward from said passenger compartment; a stationary bumper having a pair of spaced end caps, said stationary bumper being positioned adjacent to said rear cargo area, and a different one of said pair of spaced end caps being disposed at each distal end of said stationary bumper; a pair of pivot mechanisms each positioned within a different one of said pair of spaced end caps; a rotatable step having intersecting first and second members, said rotatable step having an appearance surface formed on a major surface of said first member and having different upper and lower step surfaces each formed on opposite major surfaces of said second member; wherein said rotatable step is supported at either end by a different one of said pair of pivot mechanisms, and is rotatable about said pair of pivot mechanisms in one direction to present said lower step surface at a first height, and in another direction to present said upper step surface at a second height.