Pick up truck, rail cap assembly with lighting system and method of use
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorJasdeep K. Mann
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Abstract
A rail cap assembly comprises a rail cap having a first and second opposed ends separated by a length, wherein the rail cap has a top and first and second sidewalls that together form an inner surface extending from the first end to the second end. Openings are spaced along the length of the rail cap. A lighting system is at least partially disposed within the inner surface and comprising a plurality of lighting elements. Each lighting element is secured within a respective opening. The lighting elements are electrically interconnected through connective wiring. The rail cap assembly may be installed one at least one bedrail of a pickup truck.
Claims23
A pickup truck having bedrails adjacent a cargo bay, wherein each bedrail has a respective rail cap assembly secured thereon, wherein the rail cap assembly comprises:
- a rail cap having a first and second opposed ends separated by a length, wherein the rail cap has a top and a first sidewall that together form an inner surface extending from the first end to the second end, wherein a plurality of openings are spaced along the length of the first sidewall, wherein the rail cap further comprises a second sidewall adjacent the top, wherein a channel is formed by the first and second sidewalls and the top, and wherein the rail cap assembly fits over and down along a top portion of one of the bedrails;
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- a lighting system at least partially disposed adjacent the inner surface and comprising a plurality of lighting elements, wherein each of the plurality of lighting elements is secured within a respective opening of the plurality of openings, and wherein the plurality of lighting elements are electrically interconnected through connective wiring.
A rail cap assembly comprising:
- a rail cap for fitting over and down along the top portion of a bedrail of a pickup truck, the rail cap having first and second opposed ends separated by a length, wherein the rail cap has a top and a first sidewall that together form an inner surface extending from the first end to the second end, and wherein a plurality of openings are spaced along the length of the first sidewall, wherein the rail cap further comprises a second sidewall adjacent the top, wherein a channel is formed by the first and second sidewalls and the top;
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- a lighting system at least partially disposed adjacent the inner surface and comprising a plurality of lighting elements, wherein each of the plurality of lighting elements is secured within a respective opening of the plurality of openings, and wherein the plurality of lighting elements are electrically interconnected through connective wiring.
A method of using a rail cap assembly, the method comprising:
- disposing at least one rail cap assembly onto at least one respective bedrail of a pickup truck, wherein the rail cap assembly comprises:
- a rail cap for fitting over and down along the top portion of a bedrail of a pickup truck, the rail cap having first and second opposed ends separated by a length, wherein the rail cap has a top and a first sidewall that together form an inner surface extending from the first end to the second end, and wherein a plurality of openings are spaced along the length of the first sidewall, wherein the rail cap further comprises a second sidewall adjacent the top, wherein a channel is formed by the first and second sidewalls and the top;
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- a lighting system at least partially disposed adjacent the inner surface and comprising a plurality of lighting elements, wherein each of the plurality of lighting elements is secured within a respective opening of the plurality of openings, and wherein the plurality of lighting elements are electrically interconnected through connective wiring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.