Robust rocker guard with automatic step

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8833781
APP PUB NO 20120104719A1
SERIAL NO

12917494

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Rocker guards with automatic step are disclosed that provide robust protection from damage due to rock obstacles to rocker panels and also provide an automatic step to facilitate easy entry and exit from a lifted vehicle. Some embodiments of a rocker guard with automatic step for a vehicle (rocker) can include a body formed to protect rocker panels of a vehicle without damaging the rocker or a step located within the body when the step is in a retracted position, mounts attached to the body for attaching to a vehicle, and an actuator coupled to the step and the body, the actuator being configured to automatically lower the step out of the body to an extended position and retract the step to the retracted position.

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  • CURT MANUFACTURING, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hayes, Mark David Hyde Park, US 6 87

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