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US 11,142,130 B2Granted
Motor vehicle cargo support system, rails therefor and methods of construction thereof
AssigneeLacks Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsRyan Lacks, Paul Nikandrou, Brian Wojtczak, Thomas Hawkins
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Abstract
A cargo support system and cargo support rails therefor are provided. The cargo support rails include a tubular wall extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends. The tubular wall includes a plurality of carbon fibers and a fibrous mat bonded to one another by a cured resin.
Claims19
A cargo support rail for a motor vehicle cargo support system, comprising:
- a tubular wall extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends, said tubular wall including a plurality of carbon fibers bonded to a fibrous mat by a cured resin.
A cargo support rail for a motor vehicle cargo support system, comprising:
- a tubular wall extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends, said tubular wall including a plurality of carbon fibers bonded to a fibrous mat by a cured resin, wherein said carbon fibers are continuous carbon fibers that extend from one of said opposite ends to the other of said opposite ends, and wherein said carbon fibers extend in unidirectional, parallel relation with one another.
A cargo support rail for a motor vehicle cargo support system, comprising:
- a tubular wall extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends, said tubular wall including a plurality of carbon fibers bonded to a fibrous mat by a cured resin, wherein said fibrous mat includes randomly oriented carbon fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.