Sidepack storage compartment and methods of making and using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11834103-B2
Application number	US-202217720865-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2022
Priority date	Jun 13, 2014
Publication date	Dec 5, 2023
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023

Abstract

An assembly for utility truck bodies having metal and/or composite reinforcement(s) and/or foam reinforcements and/or honeycomb reinforcements and/or wood reinforcements encapsulated within a thermoformed thermoplastic, or thermoset or fiber-reinforced thermoset walking surface floor structure of the truck bed assembly or other composite floor structure with attachable components and junctions, e.g., sidepack(s), and methods of making the same are provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sidepack storage compartment comprising:
at least two sheets of thermoplastic including a first sheet of thermoplastic and
a second sheet of thermoplastic; and
wherein the sidepack storage compartment is watertight.

2. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 1 , wherein the sidepack storage compartment is integral with a sidepack.

3. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 2 , wherein the sidepack is integral with a truck bed floor forming a unitary assembly.

4. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 2 , wherein the sidepack includes a floor, a top, and at least two sides that are integrally formed.

5. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 4 , wherein the floor, the top, and the at least two sides are formed from thermoplastic.

6. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 4 , wherein one of the at least two sides serves as a sidewall of a truck bed.

7. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 1 , further comprising a gap between the first sheet of thermoplastic and the second sheet of thermoplastic.

8. A sidepack storage compartment comprising:
at least two thermoset panels including a first thermoset panel and a second thermoset panel;
wherein the sidepack storage compartment is watertight.

9. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 8 , wherein the sidepack storage compartment is integral with a sidepack.

10. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 9 , wherein the sidepack is integral with a truck bed floor forming a unitary assembly.

11. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 9 , wherein the sidepack includes a floor, a top, and at least two sides that are integrally formed.

12. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 11 , wherein the floor, the top, and the at least two sides are formed from thermosets.

13. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 11 , wherein one of the at least two sides serves as a sidewall of a truck bed.

14. A sidepack storage compartment comprising:
at least one thermoset panel; and
at least one thermoplastic panel;
wherein the sidepack storage compartment is watertight.

15. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 14 , wherein the sidepack storage compartment is integral with a sidepack.

16. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 15 , wherein the sidepack is integral with a truck bed floor forming a unitary assembly.

17. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 15 , wherein the sidepack includes a floor, a top, and at least two sides that are integrally formed.

18. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 17 , wherein the floor, the top, and the at least two sides are formed from thermoplastics and/or thermosets.

19. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 17 , wherein one of the at least two sides serves as a sidewall of a truck bed.

20. The sidepack storage compartment of claim 14 , further comprising a gap between the at least one thermoset panel and the at least one thermoplastic panel.

Assignees

• Altec Ind Inc

Inventors

• Mckinney Ryan J
• Graham Austin
• Hoffmann Kyle E

Classifications

• B62D33/02 Primary

  Platforms; Open load compartments {(flat wagons including posts or standards B61D3/08)} · CPC title

• B60P1/00

  Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading (vehicles for carrying harvested crops with means for self-loading or self-unloading A01D90/00; peculiar to refuse collecting-vehicles B65F; loading or unloading vehicles by means not incorporated therein B65G) · CPC title

• B60R9/02

  at the sides, e.g. on running-board · CPC title

• B60R9/06 Primary

  at vehicle front or rear {(rear luggage compartments within vehicle extensible externally of the vehicle body B60R5/041)} · CPC title

• B60R11/06

  for tools or spare parts (for vehicle roof parts B60J7/20; for spare wheels B62D) · CPC title