Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Lining
Patent
1993-03-30
1994-11-01
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Lining
296 43, B62D 3302
Patent
active
053602501
ABSTRACT:
A truck bed liner with rail protection which protects the horizontal top rail of a vertical cargo bed wall. The rail protector is integral with an upright surface of the liner and includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and a connecting portion. The upper portion extends away from the cargo bed and is spaced from the top rail. The lower portion is generally horizontal and extends outwardly and is substantially flush with the top rail. A vertically extending connecting portion connects the upper and lower portions and provides increased warpage resistance to the invention. A resilient load-bearing foam member, or a reinforcing plate oriented over a stake pocket and with securing means, is positioned inward of the vertically extending connecting portion and assists in maintaining the lower portion of the rail protector away from the top rail to reduce scuffing and damage to the top rail.
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Kremer Richard J.
Wood Stephen R.
Futurex Industries, Inc.
Pedder Dennis H.
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