Dual-hinged tailgate

Claim 1

IN A VEHICLE BODY OF THE STATION WAGON TYPE HAVING A PASSENGER-CARGO CARRYING AREA, BODY MEMBERS FRAMING A SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHT ACCESS OPENING TO SAID PASSENGER-CARGO CARRYING AREA, A DUAL ACTION DOOR FOR SAID OPENING, SAID DUAL ACTION DOOR WHEN CLOSING SAID ACCESS OPENING BEING IN A SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHT POSITION AND COUPLED TO SAID BODY MEMBERS BY ATTACHMENT MEANS AT FOUR POINTS OF ATTACHMENT, AT ONE SIDE OF THE DOOR THE ATTACHMENT MEANS AT THE BOTTOM COMPRISING A MULTI-HINGE MECHANISM AND AT THE TOP A FIRST COMBINATION HINGE-LATCH MECHANISM, AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR THE ATTACHMENT MEANS COMPRISING AT THE BOTTOM A SECOND COMBINATION HINGE-LATCH MECHANISM AND AT THE TOP A LATCH MECHANISM, AND OPERATING MEANS ON SAID DOOR COUPLED TO THE COMBINATION HINGE-LATCH MECHANISM AND TO THE LATCH MECHANISM, SAID OPERATING MEANS BEING OPERABLE SELECTIVELY TO RELEASE SIMULTANEOUSLY THE LATCH MECHANISM OF SAID FIRST COMBINATION HINGE-LATCH MECHANISM AND SAID LATCH MECHANISM WITHOUT IMPAIRING THE HINGE FUNCTION OF SAID SECOND COMBINATION HINGE-LATCH MECHANISM WHEREBY SAID DOOR IS DOWNWARDLY SWINGABLE AS A TAILGATE ABOUT A HINGE AXIS FORMED BY THE DOUBLE HINGE MECHANISM AND SAID SECOND COMBINATION HINGELATCH MECHANISM, OR SAID OPERATING MEANS BEING SELECTIVELY OPERABLE TO RELEASE THE LATCH MECHANISM OF SAID SECOND COMBINATION HINGE-LATCH MECHANISM AND THE LATCH MECHANISM LOCATED AT SAID OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR WITHOUT IMPAIRING THE HINGE FUNCTION OF THE FIRST COMBINATION HINGE-LATCH MECHANISM WHEREBY SAID DOOR IS VERTICALLY SWINGABLE ABOUT A HINGE AXIS FORMED BY THE DOUBLE HINGE MECHANISM AND THE FIRST COMBINATION HINGE-LATCH MECHANISM.