Bedliner with anti-slip under layer

• US 6,431,629 B1
• Filed: 09/01/1998
• Issued: 08/13/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Penda Corporation (Kruger Family Industries, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Penda Corporation (Kruger Family Industries, LLC)
• Inventors: Emery, Phillip L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dayoan, D. Glenn
• Assistant Examiner(s): MORROW, JASON S
• Application Number:
  US09/144,663
• Time in Patent Office: 1,442 Days
• Field of Search: 296/39.1, 296/39.2
• US Class Current: 296/39.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/01 Liners for load platforms or load compartments

Abstract

A truck cargo bed liner having an anti-slip under layer to reduce rubbing between the liner and the cargo bed. The liner may further include an upper layer of anti-slip material to resist shifting of cargo during transport.

Claims

1. A truck cargo bed liner of unitary vacuum formed plastic having a base sheet with an under side for engagement with a truck cargo bed, comprising:

a liner bottom;

two liner wheel well covers formed at opposite sides of the liner bottom;

a liner front wall connected to and extending upwardly from the liner bottom wall;

two liner side walls connected to the liner bottom wall and wheel well covers, each liner side wall projecting upwardly from the liner bottom wall and adjacent wheel well cover; and

wherein the base sheet has an under layer forming at least a portion of the under side of the base sheet, the under layer having an effectively high coefficient of friction; and

wherein the base sheet has an upper layer having an effectively high coefficient of friction joined to an upper surface of the base sheet forming the liner.

2. The bed liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is coextruded with the base sheet.

3. The bed liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is laminated to the base sheet.

4. The bed liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is joined to the base sheet by an adhesive.

5. The bed liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is joined to the base sheet by thermal attachment.

6. The bed liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is sprayed on the base sheet.

7. The liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is discontinuous on the underside of the liner base sheet.

8. The liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is substantially continuous on all of the underside of the liner base sheet.

9. The liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer has a thickness of not less than about ten thousandths of an inch.

10. The liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is a composition including very low density polyethylene and high molecular weight high density polyethylene.

11. The liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is a composition including about sixty percent very low density polyethylene and about forty percent high molecular weight high density polyethylene.

12. The liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is a composition including polyolefin.

13. The liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is a composition including polyolefin selected from the group consisting of:

polyethylene;

polypropylene;

polybutylene; and

polybutadiene.

14. The liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is a composition selected from the group consisting of:

isocyanates;

carbamates; and

ureas; and

polymers and co-polymers thereof.

15. The liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is a composition including about sixty percent very low density polyethylene and about forty percent polyolefin.

16. The liner of claim 1, wherein the under layer is a composition including polyolefin in a range of about 30 to 50 percent polyolefin.

17. The liner of claim 1, wherein the upper layer is coextruded with the base sheet and the under layer.

18. The liner of claim 1, wherein the upper layer has a thickness of not less than about forty thousandths of an inch.

19. The liner of claim 1, wherein the upper layer is a composition including very low density polyethylene and high molecular weight high density polyethylene.

20. The liner of claim 1, wherein the upper layer is a composition including about sixty percent very low density polyethylene and forty percent high molecular weight high density polyethylene.

21. The liner of claim 1, wherein the upper layer is a composition including polyolefin.

22. The liner of claim 1, wherein the upper layer is a composition including about sixty percent very low density polyethylene and about forty percent polyolefin.

23. The liner of claim 1, wherein the upper layer is a composition including polyolefin in a range of about 30 to 50 percent polyolefin.

24. The liner of claim 1, wherein the liner base sheet includes a high molecular weight high density polyethylene.

25. A truck cargo bed liner of unitary vacuum formed plastic having a base sheet with an under side for engagement with a truck cargo bed, comprising:

a liner bottom wall;

two liner wheel well covers formed at opposite sides of the liner bottom;

a liner front wall connected to and extending upwardly from the liner bottom wall;

two liner side walls connected to the liner bottom wall and wheel well cover and the liner front wall at opposite sides thereof, each liner side wall projecting upwardly from the liner bottom wall and adjacent a wheel well cover;

an under layer having an effectively high coefficient of friction, the under layer being a coextruded integrally formed layer on the under side of the base sheet; and

an upper layer having an effectively high coefficient of friction, the upper laying being a coextruded integrally formed layer on the upper side of the base sheet.

26. A truck cargo bed liner of unitary vacuum formed plastic, comprising:

a liner bottom wall having an underside and an upper side;

a liner front wall connected to and extending upwardly from the liner bottom wall;

two liner side walls connected to the liner bottom wall, each liner side wall projecting upwardly from the liner bottom wall;

an under layer having an effectively high coefficient of friction, the under layer being integrally formed with the bottom wall and extending along the under side of the bottom wall; and

an upper layer having an effectively high coefficient of friction, the upper layer being integrally formed with the bottom wall and extending along the upper side of the bottom wall.