US PATENT SUBCLASS 180 / 281
.~ Comprising either movable closure member or fastening device therefor responsive to forward or rearward movement, or variations therein, of vehicle

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180 /   HD   MOTOR VEHICLES

271  DF  WITH MEANS FOR PROMOTING SAFETY OF VEHICLE, ITS OCCUPANT OR LOAD, OR AN EXTERNAL OBJECT {7}
281.~ Comprising either movable closure member or fastening device therefor responsive to forward or rearward movement, or variations therein, of vehicle

DEFINITION

Classification: 180/281

Comprising either movable closure member or fastening device therefor responsive to forward or rearward movement, or variations therein, of vehicle:

(under subclass 271) Vehicle wherein the means comprises (a) a movable closure member of the vehicle or (b) a device for preventing such a closure member from opening, and wherein the closure member changes position or the fastening device undergoes a change of status (e.g., locked to released) in response either to movement of the vehicle in a forward or rearward direction or to changes in its movement in one or the other of these directions.

(1) Note. "Fastening device" includes such structure as is involved in keeping a door or other movable closure member in its closed position and may comprise a latch bolt, a lock, etc.

(2) Note. The response may be contingent upon the attainment by the vehicle of a predetermined speed.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

49, Movable or Removable Closures,

31, for a closure of that class which is provided with means to sense a condition and with means responsive to the sensing means to effect control of the closure.