OPERATING THE PERSONNEL DOOR

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CARGO BED COVER (CBC), TYPE III, 2 1/2 T CARGO TRUCK, LMTV, AND LMTV TRAILER 0005 00

OPERATION UNDER USUAL CONDITIONS

OPERATING THE PERSONNEL DOOR

WARNING

The Personnel Door to the Cargo Bed Cover must remain open while

occupied. Failure to do so may result in suffocation or heat stress.

WARNING

The Personnel Door to the Cargo Bed Cover must be locked in the fully

open position or secured in the closed position at all times. If not

secured, wind gusts may cause the door to close or open violently

resulting in damage to the CBC and injury to personnel.

Once the Cargo Bed Cover is in its fully extended position, entry to the CBC can be gained through the

Personnel Door (1).

To open the personnel door (1), rotate the door handle (2) up to a vertical position (3). In this position, the

door latch rods (4) on the inside of the door release from their contact points at the top (5) and bottom (6)

of the door and the center case latch (7) near the door handle (2) releases from its contact point (8).

The door latching mechanism locks in place by rotating the door handle (2) down to a vertical position.

(13). In this position, the door latch rods (4) on the inside of the door engage in their contact points at the

top (5) and bottom (6) of the door and the center case latch (7) near the door handle (2) engages into its

contact point (8).

When the door handle (2) is in the horizontal position it may be padlocked (10) from the outside. If the

personnel door (1) is for any reason padlocked with personnel inside, they may exit the CBC by using the

inner door handle (11) of the personnel door. The inner door handle has a center case latch with an

overrride feature which permits the handle to be rotated from the inside of the CBC, even if the outside

door handle is padlocked.

If the personnel are locked inside the CBC and the tailgate of the vehicle is up, a secondary exit can be

created by separating the lower door panel from the upper door panel and rotating the inner door handle.

In this case, the lower door panel is removed from the door as detailed in the section entitled "Using the

Secondary Exit".

The personnel door may also be opened and closed from the inside of the CBC. When in the closed and

locked position, the inner door handle (11) is rotated counterclockwise and will point up at approximately

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