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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2012
Daniel P. Heaman, South Lyon, MI (US);
John U. Kowalczyk, Livonia, MI (US);
Chad J. Clement, Belleville, MI (US);
Daniel P. Heaman, South Lyon, MI (US);
John U. Kowalczyk, Livonia, MI (US);
Chad J. Clement, Belleville, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A pickup truck bed lighting system for mounting on a bed rail of a cargo bed side wall. The system including a scuff plate having a plurality of downward extending retention clips engaging holes in the bed rail to secure the scuff plate on top of the bed rail; and a lighting assembly including an electrical cable supported by the retention clips and a plurality of lamps mounted to the cable, the lamps spaced along the cable adjacent to the retention clips and aligning with the holes in the bed rail.