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US 9,956,918 B2Granted
Stabilizing cargo organizer
AssigneeMacneil IP LLC
InventorsAllan R. Thom, David S. Iverson, David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr.
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Abstract
Cargo organizers may be used for various sized boxes and packages. A friction pad overmolded on a bottom panel of the organizer body prevents movement when the cargo is transported in a vehicle.
Claims17
A cargo organizer for stabilizing cargo in a vehicle, the cargo organizer comprising:
- an organizer body integrally molded from a first polymer compound, the organizer body having a bottom panel with an upper surface and a lower surface, the bottom panel disposed substantially at right angles to a vertical axis, a plurality of spaced-apart through-holes extending from the upper surface to the lower surface, each through-hole having a cross sectional area in a plane orthogonal to the vertical axis that expands as a function of the distance of the plane from the lower surface of the bottom panel, such that an area of the through-hole coplanar with the upper surface of the bottom panel is larger than an area of the through-hole coplanar with the lower surface of the bottom panel;
- an upstanding first wall of the body integrally molded with the bottom panel, the first wall extending upwardly from the upper surface of the bottom panel and having an interior side and an opposed exterior side, the bottom panel laterally extending beyond both the interior and exterior sides of the first wall, at least one of the through-holes being positioned proximate the interior side and remote from the exterior side, at least one other of the through-holes being positioned proximate the exterior side and remote from the interior side;
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- a friction pad formed of a second polymer compound having a higher coefficient of friction than the first polymer compound, the friction pad overmolded on the lower surface of the bottom panel and extending through said through-holes on the bottom panel so as to provide a mechanical lock of the friction pad to the organizer body, the second polymer compound filling each of said through-holes such that a top surface of the second polymer compound is coplanar with the top surface of the bottom panel of the organizer body.
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A cargo organizer for stabilizing cargo in a vehicle, the cargo organizer comprising:
- an organizer body integrally molded from a first polymer compound, the organizer body having a bottom panel with an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface of the bottom panel having a bottom panel surface area, the bottom panel disposed substantially at right angles to a vertical axis;
- at least one hollow pier of the organizer body adjoining the upper surface of the bottom panel and upwardly extending from the bottom panel, the at least one hollow pier having an open bottom pier area coplanar with and adjacent to the bottom panel surface area;
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- a friction pad overmolded on the bottom panel to be coextensive with the bottom panel surface area, the friction pad formed from a second polymer compound having a higher coefficient of friction than the first polymer compound, the friction pad not extending to cover the open bottom pier area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.