Reinforcing structure
CA 1138492 A · Owner: Bender, Fredrick L. · Inventors: Bender, Fredrick L.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A reinforcing structure for a member such as a truck bed comprises an elongate, trough-like body having side walls diverging from a base and terminating at their free ends in outwardly turned mounting flanges. Fixed to the base and extending therefrom between the body side walls is an elongate strut the height of which corresponds to that of the side walls. Spanning the distance between the strut and each side wall is a plurality of spaced apart ribs, the upper edges of which are flush with the strut and flanges. The side walls of the body may have a thickness less than that of the strut which, in turn may have a, thickness less than that of the ribs.
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- Granted December 28, 1982. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 28, 1999.
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