Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Accessories
Patent
1992-10-02
1994-01-25
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Accessories
296166, B60P 332
Patent
active
052809846
ABSTRACT:
A boot assembly (10) and method for lining at least a portion of the periphery of a passageway between two compartments (4, 6) of a vehicle (8). The boot assembly (10) includes a boot body portion (16) formed to extend between the securement devices (12, 14) having opposed, first and second shoulders (24, 26). The securement devices are mounted proximate an opening formed in each opposed wall of the two compartments (4, 6). A retaining structure (20, 22) is provided on the body portion (16) to secure the body portion (16) to the securement devices (12, 14). The retaining structure (20, 22) includes a first lip portion (34) and a spaced apart second lip portion (36). The method for lining at least a portion of the periphery of a passageway between two compartments of a vehicle includes the steps of providing a boot assembly (10), inserting a first lip portion (34) of the boot into interengagement with a first shoulder (24) of a securement channel (12, 14), and deforming the second boot lip portion (36) to force the second lip portion (36) past the second channel shoulder (26) by rotating the retaining structure (20, 22) about the interengaged first lip portion (34) and first shoulder (24) until the second lip portion (36) passes beyond and resiliently engages the second shoulder (26).
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Paul Jeffrey F.
Yun David M.
Paccar Inc.
Pape Joseph D.
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