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It's all downhill now for Ford Motor Co.'s Roger Kim. The 28-year-old designer had been with the automaker for about 12 months when a company executive spotted his roof rack sketch. The first thing he said was, We've got to patent this thing right now, Mr. Kim recalls. The drawing featured an integrated ramp that could be extended beyond a vehicle's roof, and then folded over the rear hatch to create