Vehicle frame and cargo bay liner
AssigneePennPlastics, LLC
InventorTerry D. Pennington
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Abstract
A vehicle and liner assembly is provided that includes a recreational vehicle having a housing, a front end, a rear end, a top, a bottom, and a pair of sidewalls. A frame assembly is provided wherein, the housing is mounted on and supported by the frame assembly. The liner is attached to the frame assembly and coves at least a substantial portion of the bottom of the housing. The liner has a first face having projections extending therefrom and a second face having openings therein. The openings coincide with and extend into corresponding projections on the first face.
Claims18
A vehicle and liner assembly comprising:
- a recreational vehicle having a housing, a front end, a rear end, a top, a bottom, and a pair of sidewalls;
- a frame assembly, the housing mounted on and supported by the frame assembly;
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- a liner attached to the frame assembly and covering at least a substantial portion of the bottom of the housing, the liner having a first ply having an outer face with dimples therein and projections extending from an inner face of said first ply, said inner face on an opposite side of the first ply from said outer face, and a second ply spaced apart and substantially parallel to said first ply, said second ply having an outer face having convexities extending therefrom, the convexities coinciding with and extending up from corresponding projections on the inner face of the first ply, said convexities, dimples and projections forming encapsulations or pockets of air between the first and second plies.
A vehicle and liner assembly comprising:
- a recreational vehicle having a housing, a front end, a rear end, a top, a bottom, and a pair of sidewalls;
- a frame assembly, the housing mounted on and supported by the frame assembly;
- a liner attached to the frame assembly and covering at least a substantial portion of the bottom of the housing, the liner having a generally planar first ply and a generally planar second ply and a corrugated ply extending between the first ply and the second ply;
- a sheet of metalized film covering an outer side of one of said first ply or said second ply;
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- a layer of woven or nonwoven fabric covering the other of said first or second ply, opposite the metalized film, the nonwoven fabric is mounted on the liner to face the ground when installed on the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.