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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:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Scott P Thompson, Des Moines, IA (US);
Assignee:
DFM Corporation, Indianola, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2801641 ; 280163 ;
Abstract
A vehicular body extension that includes an elongated running board and a flap seal disposed between the running board and a vehicle. The flap seal extends from and is hinged with the running board such that the flap seal is biased against the vehicle when installed. The invention also includes a method of installing the vehicular body extension to a mounting surface of a vehicle wherein the flap seal is aligned with and biased against the mounting surface.