Cargo vehicle and molding assembly for a cargo vehicle
AssigneeGreat Dane LLC
InventorsDaniel J. McCormack, Timothy P. Meyer
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Abstract
A cargo compartment for use with a motorized vehicle, and a vehicle having a cargo compartment, have a floor, a roof, a first side wall, and a second side wall. Each side wall extends between the floor and the roof, defining intersections therebetween. A molding assembly is disposed in the intersection and has an elongated back portion and an elongated cover portion, so that the cover portion is disposed between the back portion and an interior cargo compartment.
Claims41
A cargo compartment for use with a motorized vehicle, comprising:
- a floor;
- a roof;
- a first side wall extending between the floor and the roof, defining a first intersection between the roof and the first side wall;
- a second side wall extending between the floor and the roof, defining a second intersection between the roof and the second side wall, wherein the floor, the roof, the first side wall and the second side wall define a cargo compartment;
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- a first molding assembly disposed in the first intersection comprising
- a back portion that is elongated in a direction parallel to the first intersection that extends between a surface of the first side wall facing the cargo compartment and a surface of the roof facing the cargo compartment and that is attached to the surface of the first side wall at a position on the surface of the first side wall offset from the first intersection and to the surface of the roof at a position on the surface of the roof offset from the first intersection, and
- a cover portion that is elongated in the direction parallel to the first intersection and that is attached to the back portion so that the cover portion is disposed between the cargo compartment and a face of the back portion facing toward the cargo compartment.
A cargo compartment for use with a motorized vehicle, comprising:
- a floor;
- a roof;
- a first side wall extending between the floor and the roof;
- a second side wall extending between the floor and the roof and opposing the first side wall;
- a front wall extending between the floor and the roof and extending between the first side wall and the second side wall;
- a rear frame attached at least to the floor and the roof opposite the front wall;
- at least one intersection between
- a first surface of one of the floor, the roof, the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, and the rear frame, and
- a second surface of one other of the floor, the roof, the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, and the rear frame;
- and
- a first molding assembly disposed in the at least one intersection, comprising
- a back portion that is elongated in a direction parallel to the at least one intersection and that extends between, and is attached to at least one of, the first surface and the second surface, and
- a cover portion that is elongated in the direction parallel to the at least one intersection and that is attached to the back portion so that the cover portion is disposed between the cargo compartment and a face of the back portion facing toward the cargo compartment,
- wherein the cover portion includes a light source disposed on at least a portion of a face of the cover portion facing the cargo compartment.
A cargo vehicle, comprising:
- a wheeled chassis;
- a floor disposed on the chassis;
- a roof;
- a first side wall extending between the floor and the roof, defining a first intersection between the roof and the first side wall;
- a second side wall extending between the floor and the roof, defining a second intersection between the roof and the second side wall, wherein the floor, the roof, the first side wall and the second side wall define a cargo compartment;
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- a first molding assembly disposed in the first intersection comprising
- a back portion that is elongated in a direction parallel to the first intersection that extends between a surface of the first side wall facing the cargo compartment and a surface of the roof facing the cargo compartment and that is attached to the surface of the first side wall at a position on the surface of the first side wall offset from the first intersection and to the surface of the roof at a position on the surface of the roof offset from the first intersection, and
- a cover portion that is elongated in the direction parallel to the first intersection and that is attached to the back portion so that the cover portion is disposed between the cargo compartment and a face of the back portion facing toward the cargo compartment.
A cargo vehicle, comprising:
- a wheeled chassis;
- a floor disposed on the chassis;
- a roof;
- a first side wall extending between the floor and the roof;
- a second side wall extending between the floor and the roof and opposing the first side wall;
- a front wall extending between the floor and the roof and extending between the first side wall and the second side wall;
- a rear frame attached at least to the floor and the roof opposite the front wall;
- at least one intersection between
- a first surface of one of the floor, the roof, the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, and the rear frame, and
- a second surface of one other of the floor, the roof, the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, and the rear frame;
- and
- a first molding assembly disposed in the at least one intersection, comprising
- a back portion that is elongated in a direction parallel to the at least one intersection and that extends between, and is attached to at least one of, the first surface and the second surface, and
- a cover portion that is elongated in the direction parallel to the at least one intersection and that is attached to the back portion so that the cover portion is disposed between the cargo compartment and a face of the back portion facing toward the cargo compartment,
- wherein the cover portion includes a light source disposed on at least a portion of a face of the cover portion facing the cargo compartment.
A cargo compartment for use with a motorized vehicle, the cargo compartment comprising:
- a floor;
- a roof that is substantially parallel to the floor;
- a first side wall extending between the floor and the roof, wherein an intersection of the first side wall and the roof defines a first corner;
- and
- a first lighting assembly comprising:
- a first back portion elongated in the direction of the intersection and including an elongated first web having an elongated retention recess and an elongated second web having an elongated retention recess that intersect at a corner, wherein the first back portion is fixed in the first corner of the cargo compartment with the first web in abutment with the first side wall structure and the second web in abutment with the roof structure;
- a cover portion elongated in the direction and including an elongated first web defining a retention flange disposed along its distal edge, an elongated second web defining a retention flange disposed along its distal edge, and an elongated light retention track extending between the first web and the second web of the cover portion;
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- a light source on a substrate that is elongated in the direction and that is received within the light retention track of the cover portion,
- wherein the retention flange of the first web of the cover portion is received in the retention recess of the first web of the back portion, and the retention flange of the second web of the cover portion is received in the retention recess of the second web of the back portion, so that the cover portion is removably secured to the back portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.