Truck bed panels

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1974-10-01

1976-08-17

Wood, Jr., M. H.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Variable capacity of body

52211, 296 43, B62D 2502

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active

039750469

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides removable truck bed panels having an essentially-continuous panel surface for providing weather protection for enclosed cargo. The panels have heights consistent with the intended height of the truck enclosure and widths such that the panels can be manually transported and assembled by no more than two men without power-assist machinery. A pair of longitudinally-extending enclosed channels are disposed on the panel surface. These hollow channels greatly increase the rigidity of the panel surface without adding substantial weight thereto. The channels are spaced apart from each other and from transverse edges of the panel. Rigid mounting members protrude from the lowermost end of the panel and lock the panel to a truck bed. Interlocking means lock transverse edges of the panels to adjacent panels and the entire enclosure may have cross-bracing members spanning opposite panels on a truck bed for supporting an enclosure such as a tarpaulin.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3155419 (1964-11-01), Garson et al.
patent: 3163462 (1964-12-01), Valesky et al.
patent: 3205002 (1965-09-01), Seng
patent: 3252730 (1966-05-01), Chieger
patent: 3339327 (1967-09-01), Kempf

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