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Patent No.:

US 9545873 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2014

Pickup truck box reinforcement for fifth wheel pedestal

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Mark Joseph Courtright, Allen Park, MI (US);

Joshua Hemphill, White Lake, MI (US);

James Adam Drozdowski, Canton, MI (US);

John Comiez, Novi, MI (US);

Vincent Chimento, Plymouth, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Jason C. Rogers

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Jacob Knutson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/08 (2006.01); B62D 53/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 33/027 (2006.01); B60D 1/06 (2006.01); B62D 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/0807 (2013.01); B60D 1/06 (2013.01); B62D 25/209 (2013.01); B62D 25/2054 (2013.01); B62D 33/0222 (2013.01); B62D 33/0273 (2013.01); B62D 53/0807 (2013.01);
Abstract

A reinforcement panel for the floor of a pick-up truck bed. The reinforcement panel is assembled between the floor of the pick-up truck and a fifth wheel cross member. The reinforcement panel includes transversely extending reinforcing or stiffening ribs. The stiffening ribs resist deflection in the area of the gooseneck ball receptacle.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Courtright, Mark. (2017). Pickup truck box reinforcement for fifth wheel pedestal (U.S. Patent No. 9545873). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9545873

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