Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Lining
Patent
1996-10-03
1998-03-03
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Lining
296 41, B60R 1301
Patent
active
057227110
ABSTRACT:
A bedliner for a vehicle cargo bed is formed of a non-grip polymeric material substantially covering the floor of the cargo bed. The material has a coefficient of friction suitable for allowing sliding movement of cargo placed on the bedliner. The bedliner is molded into longitudinally extending ribs and valleys to facilitate water drainage. Selectively positioned grip zones are formed on the bedliner by releasably engageable friction strips having a coefficient of friction higher than the coefficient of friction of the polymeric material to restrain undesired sliding movement of the cargo on the bedliner. The grip zones are preferably located in an area adjacent to the corners of the bedliner floor to allow cargo to be easily moved onto the bedliner and then shifted to the grip zones. Once the cargo is positioned on the grip zones, the friction strips restrain sliding movement of the cargo when the vehicle is in motion.
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