A body panel apparatus, for mounting various accessories onto a vehicle, has a panel body and mounts to mount in place of an existing body panel of the vehicle. The apparatus can include a light adapter plate to support a lighting assembly on the panel body in alignment with an aperture within a protrusion formed on the panel body by fastening the lighting assembly to the plate and separately fastening the plate to the panel body. The body panel may include an inwardly recessed socket with a mounting aperture at the inner end of the socket to receive a compressed air coupler mounted therein. The body panel may also include a removable breakout section in proximity to internal mounting posts to support an outlet adapter plate that supports an electrical outlet thereon so that the electrical outlet is externally accessible through the removed breakout section.
Replacement Vehicle Body Panel with Integral Accessory Mounts
2024-06-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
UTILIZING A LIFTGATE ASSEMBLY THAT HARDWARE MOUNTS TO A VEHICLE BODY
European Patent Office | 2021
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