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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard E Hulten, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
McCord Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 31 ; 293120 ; 293121 ; 296188 ; 296189 ;
Abstract
An automotive body assembly including a flexible plastic component defining the front fascia portion of the body of an automotive vehicle. The front fascia has an exterior finished surface and interior hidden surface with retaining tabs integral with the fascia and extending from the fascia on the interior surface thereof for allowing a stiffening means defined by a wire-like rod to be snapped into position across the interior surface of the fascia for stiffening the fascia. The rod is flexible transversely to its longitudinal axis but is less flexible than the fascia.