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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Global Ip Holdings, Llc, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Darius J. Preisler, Macomb, MI (US);
Christopher A. Heikkila, Washington Township, MI (US);
Steven A. Mitchell, Linden, MI (US);
Jeffrey P. Schmelzer, Washington, MI (US);
GLOBAL IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
A cargo management system including a vehicle load floor having a cellulose-based core to compartmentalize a cargo area of the vehicle into an upper compartment and a covered lower compartment is provided. The floor has a wood grain finish. The load floor includes a compression-molded composite panel that includes first and second outer layers of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, first and second sheets of thermoplastic adhesive and a core of cellulose-based material and positioned between the outer layers. The core has a large number of cavities. The outer layers are bonded to the core by the first and second sheets and by press molding. The first outer layer having a top surface on which a multi-layer sheet is bonded by the press molding. The multi-layer sheet has a substantially planar upper support surface to support cargo in the upper compartment and to provide the load floor with the wood grain finish.