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US 2001/0032848 A1Published application
Truck bed tool box lid
OwnerL. K. Jones, Jimmy Giddens +1inventors
InventorsL. K. Jones, Jimmy Giddens, Neil Ottavi
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Abstract
A truck bed tool box lid formed with a top sheet member and a liner sheet member joined to define an interior cavity, where the interior cavity is filled with a self-curing, self-expanding foam material which bonds to the top sheet and the liner sheet upon expansion and curing to create a rigid composite structure.
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A lid for a truck bed tool box, the lid comprising:
- a top sheet member having a depending front edge member, a depending rear edge member and depending lateral edge members;
- a liner sheet member joined to said top sheet member so as to define an internal cavity;
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- a rigid, expanded, cured foam disposed within said internal cavity and bonded to said top sheet member and said liner sheet member, characterized in that said foam is injected into said cavity in an uncured, unexpanded state and expands and cures so as to self-bond to said top sheet member and said liner sheet member to form an integral, composite lid.
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A lid for a truck bed tool box, said lid produced by the steps of:
- providing a top sheet member having a depending front edge member, a depending rear edge member and depending lateral edge members;
- providing a liner sheet member;
- joining said liner sheet member to said top sheet member so as to define an internal cavity;
- injecting a self-expanding, self-curing foam into said internal cavity in an amount such that said internal cavity is completely filled upon expansion of said foam;
- allowing said foam to expand and cure, such that said foam is adhered to said top sheet member and said liner sheet member and such that said top sheet member, said foam and said liner sheet member form a rigid composite member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.