Composite truck box
First Claim
1. A truck box, comprising:
- an open box body and lid assembly each independently fabricated from composite materials comprising a fiber reinforced polymeric composite having a solid laminate structure or a sandwich laminate structure with a surfacing veil or a gel coat with or without pigment disposed on the reinforced polymeric composite, said open box body and said lid assembly comprising a single piece box body and a single piece lid or a plurality of joined segments independently forming the box body and the lid.
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Abstract
Provided herein are truck boxes, such as pickup truck toolboxes, that comprise an open box body and lid assembly fabricated from composite materials. The composite materials may be fiber-reinforced polymeric constructs and may have a solid laminate structure or a sandwich structure utilizing a plurality of plies. Also provided are composite toolboxes that have an open storage box and lid component affixed to an upper back edge of the box component in an opening and closing relationship and means for independently hinging and latching the lid component to the open storage box component. The open storage box and lid in the pickup truck tool box may each independently comprise a ply layup of fiber reinforced polymeric composites or may each independently comprise a solid laminate of a fiber reinforced polymeric composite.
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21 Claims
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1. A truck box, comprising:
an open box body and lid assembly each independently fabricated from composite materials comprising a fiber reinforced polymeric composite having a solid laminate structure or a sandwich laminate structure with a surfacing veil or a gel coat with or without pigment disposed on the reinforced polymeric composite, said open box body and said lid assembly comprising a single piece box body and a single piece lid or a plurality of joined segments independently forming the box body and the lid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A composite toolbox for a pickup truck, comprising:
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an open storage box and lid components each independently comprising a ply layup of fiber reinforced polymeric composites, said lid component affixed to an upper back edge of the box component in an opening and closing relationship and said open storage box component and said lid component each comprising a single piece or each comprising a plurality of joined segments independently forming the same; and a core material disposed between adjacent plies of the fiber reinforced polymeric composite; and a surfacing veil disposed on an upper ply of the fiber reinforced polymeric composite; and means for independently hinging and latching the lid component to the open storage box component. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A composite toolbox for a pickup truck, comprising:
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an open storage box and lid components affixed in an opening and closing relationship and independently comprising a solid laminate of a fiber reinforced polymeric composite, said open storage box component and said lid component each comprising a single piece or each comprising a plurality of joined segments independently forming the same; and a gel coat with or without pigment disposed on an outer surface of the solid laminate; and means for independently hinging and latching the lid component to the open storage box component. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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