Truck bed liners

Abstract

Truck bed liners for pick-up trucks having the characteristics of railer type liners but not extending over the rail of the bed are disclosed. The liners consist of one piece plastic members having a bottom panel formed to receive the wheel wells in the truck bed, a front panel formed to lie substantially against the front wall of the truck bed, and substantially parallel side walls. The region adjacent the top of the side walls extends outward at an elevation just below the side rails of the truck bed, preferably extending to the local side wall of the truck bed for lateral support therefrom. The resulting truck bed liner defines a substantially rectangular cargo carrying platform interrupted of course as required by the wheel wells, without the liner extending over the rails of the truck bed. By giving the outer surfaces of the substantially parallel side walls of the liner a separation approximately equal to the separation between the rails of the truck bed, the liner will define a carrying platform slightly narrower than the unlined truck bed, thereby preventing most loads from hitting the side of the truck bed rails and thus avoiding abuse of the finish thereon. Such spacing also allows the liner of the present invention to be made using tooling which can also be used to make a corresponding conventional railer type liner by adding removable side pieces to the mold.