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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:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald G. Graber, Garden City, MI (US);
Assignee:
Trim Trends Co, LLC, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 3/00 ;
Abstract
The flexible or expandable link for a heavy duty truck has an elongated U-shaped roll formed channel of a selected length made from a high strength metal and a pair of end brackets, each made from a sheet metal stamping of a lower strength metal, welded to the ends of the channel, with each end bracket having a pair of laterally spaced apart side walls having aligned openings in the side walls for receiving mounting pins or bushings.