Integral stake rack
AssigneeRugby Manufacturing Company
InventorLowell S. Boe
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Abstract
An integral stake rack panel, for constructing a box of a truck or trailer, includes a base structure fabricated from a single sheet of material, and containing a plurality of corrugated regions. The panel also includes generally flat regions between adjacent corrugated regions, wherein each generally flat region contains a plurality of apertures. A plurality of mounting members are attached to the corrugated regions, wherein the an end of each mounting member extends past the bottom parallel side of the base structure.
Claims18
An integral stake rack panel for constructing a box of a truck or trailer, the panel comprising:
- a base structure fabricated from a single sheet of material, the base structure having a rectangular perimeter, and containing a plurality of corrugated regions, wherein two corrugated regions are proximate opposite parallel sides of the perimeter and generally flat regions between adjacent corrugated regions, wherein each generally flat region contains a plurality of apertures;
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- a plurality of mounting members containing a first end and a second end which are attached to the corrugated regions, wherein the first end of each mounting member extends past the perimeter of the base structure.
For use with a vehicle containing a cargo receiving surface to form a storage structure about the perimeter of the cargo receiving surface, a stake rack panel comprising:
- a single sheet of material, fabricated to contain a plurality of corrugated regions, wherein two corrugated regions separated by one or more generally flat planar regions, wherein each generally flat planar region contains a plurality of apertures;
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- a plurality of mounting stakes which are attached to the fabricated single sheet, wherein a portion of each mounting stake extends past an outer perimeter edge of the fabricated single sheet.
A stake rack panel comprising:
- a solid, generally flat piece of material sized to allow for deformation of a plurality of portions;
- a series of apertures fabricated into a plurality of regions of the piece of material;
- a series of corrugations formed about two generally parallel sides of the series of apertures to create a body panel of a desired height;
- posts attached to the corrugations of the panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.