Combination truck bed, liner, and securing structure

Details Combination truck bed, liner, and securing structure Combination truck bed, liner, and securing structure

1984-04-04

1986-06-17

Scherbel, David A.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Lining

296 353, 248510, 411547, 411548, B62D 3300

Patent

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045952299

ABSTRACT:
A combination of a truck bed having side walls with an upper edge and a flange on the inner side extending downwardly from the upper edge, a liner for the bed having side walls positioned along the inner side of the flanges on the bed side wall, and a plurality of fixtures slidably securing the liner side walls to the respective flanges. The fixtures include a bracket seated on the inner side of the respective flange and on the outer surface of the liner side wall and screws, preferably of the self-tapping type, extending through the adjacent liner side wall into the bracket to hold the respective side wall against the flange in slidable relationship. In one embodiment, the bracket consists of two L-shaped parts, one in normal position and the other inverted, and in another embodiment, the bracket consists of a horizontal U-shaped member with one flange seating on the inner side of the wall flange and the other flange seating on the outside wall of the liner, and one or more screws hold the liner and bracket in secured, but slidable, position relative to the wall flange of the bed.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2208358 (1940-07-01), Chander
patent: 3525190 (1970-08-01), Saunders et al.
patent: 3649065 (1972-03-01), Stutz
patent: 4181349 (1980-01-01), Nix et al.
patent: 4333678 (1982-06-01), Munoz et al.
patent: 4420183 (1983-12-01), Sherman

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