Truck bed technology
AssigneeBuiltrite, LLC
InventorMaxwell N. Kleven
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention provides a multi-layer truck bed. The truck bed includes a frame, a layer of backer plates, and a layer of non-slip plates. The frame is under the layer of backer plates, the layer of backer plates is under the layer of non-slip plates. The truck bed is elongated in a first direction. The frame includes a plurality of metal crossmembers extending crosswise to the first direction. The backer plates are formed of a first metal, and the non-slip plates are formed of a second metal. The first metal has a higher strength than the second metal. In some embodiments, the invention provides a truck that includes the truck bed and has a material handler mounted thereon, and the material handler includes a boom.
Claims20
A truck having a material handler mounted thereon and a truck bed, the material handler comprising a boom, the truck bed comprising a frame, a layer of backer plates, and a layer of non-slip plates, the frame being under the layer of backer plates, the layer of backer plates being under the layer of non-slip plates, the truck bed being elongated in a first direction, the frame comprising a plurality of metal crossmembers extending crosswise to the first direction, the backer plates being formed of a first metal, the non-slip plates being formed of a second metal, and the first metal having a higher strength than the second metal.
A truck bed comprising a frame, a layer of backer plates, and a layer of non-slip plates, the frame being under the layer of backer plates, the layer of backer plates being under the layer of non-slip plates, the truck bed being elongated in a first direction, the frame comprising a plurality of metal crossmembers extending crosswise to the first direction, the backer plates being formed of a first metal, the non-slip plates being formed of a second metal, and the first metal having a higher strength than the second metal.
A truck bed comprising a frame, a layer of backer plates, and a layer of non-slip plates, the frame being under the layer of backer plates, the layer of backer plates being under the layer of non-slip plates, the truck bed being elongated in a first direction, the frame comprising a plurality of metal crossmembers extending crosswise to the first direction, the backer plates being formed of a first metal, the non-slip plates being formed of a second metal, and the first metal having a higher strength than the second metal, wherein the backer plates have a thickness in a range of 0.12-0.24 inch and are formed of material having a yield strength in a range of 75-140 ksi, while the non-slip plates have a thickness in a range of 0.1-0.24 inch and are formed of material having a yield strength in a range of 30-55 ksi, and the thickness of the backer plates is greater than the thickness of the non-slip plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.