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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:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles R Fetz, Savannah, GA (US);
Daniel J McCormack, Savannah, GA (US);
John M Jones, Bloomingdale, GA (US);
Michael I Thomas, Savannah, GA (US);
James T Colling, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
Great Dane Limited Partnership, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296181 ; 296182 ; 296204 ; 296191 ;
Abstract
Composite floor for an insulated or semi-insulated trailer including a unitary subfloor member and a unitary top floor member with a rigid foam core being located therebetween. The foam core has sufficient strength to transfer a cargo load from the top floor member to the bottom floor member without additional floor sills being located therebetween. The invention is further embodied in an improved method of manufacturing a floor as set forth above.