Patent ID: 6926343

Claim:
A combination comprising a fold-down bed door pivotally mounted to a vehicle sidewall for pivotal movement between a vertical closed position and a horizontal open position, where the vehicle sidewall includes a seal; and a lock assembly disposed within the bed door for drawing the bed door down against the seal and securing the bed door in its vertical closed position, the lock assembly includes a latch part and a rotor part, the latch part disposed within the bed door for reciprocal movement within the plane of the bed door between a locked position where the latch part extends from the bed door and an unlocked position where the latch part is retracted into the bed door, such that the latch part contacts the vehicle sidewall when moved from the unlocked position to the locked position to progressively urge the bed door against the seal and secure the platform in the vertical closed position when the bed door into the closed position, the rotor part is rotatably seated within the bed door and operably connected to the latch part for extending the latch part from the unlocked position to the locked position when turned in one direction and for retracting the latch part from its locked position to its unlocked position when turned in the opposite direction.