Patent ID: 8695164

Claim:
A check link assembly for positioning a vehicle closure: an elongated link having a distal end; at least one cover attachable to the link in a first orientation and in a second orientation and having a first end, a second end, and a contoured surface between the first end and the second end; at least one member biased against the link and configured to ride against the contoured surface of said at least one cover when there is relative movement of said at least one member and the link; wherein the contoured surface at least partially defines a detent feature that interferes with said at least one member to increase resistance to further relative movement of said at least one member and the link, thereby establishing a check position; wherein the detent feature is further from the distal end of the link when said at least one cover is in the first orientation than when said at least one cover is in the second orientation, thereby enabling adjustment of the check position by switching between the first orientation and the second orientation; wherein said at least one cover includes a first cover and a second cover substantially identical to the first cover; wherein the link has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; wherein the first cover is at the first surface and the second cover is at the second surface in the first orientation; and wherein the at least one member includes a first member that rides along the contoured surface of the first cover and a second member that rides along the contoured surface of the second cover.