Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-05
2009-02-24
Dayoan, Glenn (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
C296S191000, C296S029000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07494177
ABSTRACT:
A bulkhead for a transport vehicle, such as a flatbed trailer, includes a corrugated front panel, side panels attached to the sides of the front panel and a top panel attached to the upper edge of the front panel. The side and top panels are formed from two interlocking extrusions that are substantially identical whether used to form the top panel or the side panels. The extrusions include a first extrusion with a substantially forward facing wall that is angled and curved relative to the front panel. A second extrusion is connected to the first through a male-female interlocking connection along the mutual length of the extrusions. The second extrusion includes a side facing wall and a forward facing wall portion that merges with the forward facing wall of the first extrusion to form non-perpendicular side corners of the bulkhead. The side and top panels combine to form open upper corners that support a light assembly and corner bezel. A decorative panel is mounted to and covering the corrugated front panel.
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Blankenship Gregory
Dayoan Glenn
Maginot Moore & Beck LLP
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