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Trailer Floor Assembly
| Content Provider | The Lens |
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| Abstract | A floor assembly for use in a trailer or other such vehicle which utilizes flexible conductors, said assembly comprises a floor section including a plurality of interfitting floor boards and elongated housing means. The housing means define a downwardly facing open channel for receiving said conductors. The housing means includes wall means in said channel defining a sub-channel having an opening of predetermined width for receiving and retaining at least one of said conductors. |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1987-11-03 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Patent |
| Jurisdiction | United States of America |
| Date Applied | 1985-12-26 |
| Agent | Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi & Blackstone, Ltd. |
| Applicant | Wabash National Corp |
| Application No. | 81356585 |
| Claim | A frame assembly for use in a trailer or other such vehicle which utilizes flexible conductors such as cables or hoses, said frame assembly comprising a first and second opposite side rails and a plurality of transverse frame members extending between said side rails, and a floor assembly mounted on said frame, said floor assembly including a plurality of interfitting floor boards and elongated housing means interfitting with said boards and defining a downwardly facing open channel juxtaposed to either said first or second opposite side rails, said housing including wall means in said channel defining a sub-channel having a restricted opening of predetermined width for snappingly receiving and retaining at least one of said conductors. A floor assembly according to claim 1, wherein said wall means comprises lip means defining said sub-channel opening for retaining a conductor within said sub-channe A floor assembly according to claim 1, wherein said wall means defines a plurality of said sub-channels for separately receiving and retaining a plurality of said conductors. A floor assembly according to claim 1, wherein said elongated housing means is disposed along one side of said floor assembly, said assembly including a second elongated housing means substantially identical to and the mirror image of said first mentioned elongated housing means and disposed along opposite side of said assembly from said first mentioned side. A floor assembly according to claim 1, which includes a conductor disposed in said sub-channel, said conductor being of resiliently yieldable construction and having a diameter greater than said predetermined width of said opening. In a trailer or other such vehicle, a frame comprising first and second opposite side rails and a plurality of transverse frame members extending between said side rails, and a floor assembly mounted on top of said transverse frame members, said floor assembly comprising first and second opposite side elongated housing means on top of said transverse frame members and respectively juxtaposed to said first and second side rails and a plurality of floor boards therebetween and on top of said transverse frame members, said floor boards including a plurality of shiplap boards interfitting with one of said housing means and disposed in spaced relationship to the other of said housing means and a T-shaped board interfitting with one of said shiplap boards and said other housing means, said housing means being identical and disposed in opposite mirror image relationship, each of said housing means comprising an upper plate portion extending above said frame members and wall means depending from said upper plate portion and defining downwardly opening channel means for receiving conductors such as cables or hoses. In a trailer or other such vehicle according to claim 6, wherein said side rails including inwardly extending flanges above said transverse frame members and inwardly facing groove means merging with said flanges, said upper plate portions respectively extending over said flanges and into said groove means of the side rail respectively juxtaposed thereto. A trailer or other such vehicle according to claim 6 which includes conductors disposed in at least one of said elongated housing means. A trailer or other such vehicle according to claim 6 which includes conductors extending longitudinally in both of said first and second elongated housing means, certain of said conductors comprising electrical wire means and being connected to a light means on said vehicle. In a trailer or other such vehicle, a frame comprising first and second opposite side rails and a plurality of transverse frame members extending between said side rails, and a floor assembly mounted on said frame, said floor assembly comprising first and second opposite side elongated housing means respectively juxtaposed to said first and second side rails and a plurality of floor boards therebetween, said floor boards including a plurality of shiplap boards interfitting with one of said housing means and disposed in spaced relationship to the other of said housing means and a T-shaped interfitting with one of said shiplap boards and said other housing means, said housing means being identical and disposed in opposite mirror image relationship, each of said housing means comprising an upper plate portion extending above said frame members and wall means depending from said upper plate portion and defining downwardly opening channel means for receiving conductors such as cables or hoses, said side rails including inwardly extending flanges above said transverse frame members and inwardly facing groove means merging with said flanges, said upper plate portions respectively extending over said flanges and into said groove means of the side rail respectively juxtaposed thereto. A trailer or other such vehicle according to claim 10 which includes conductors disposed in at least one of said elongated housing means. A trailer or other such vehicle according to claim 10 which includes conductors extending longitudinally in both of said first and second elongated housing means, certain of said conductors comprising electrical wire means and being connected to a light means on said vehicle. |
| CPC Classification | MOTOR VEHICLES;TRAILERS |
| Examiner | Bertsch; Richard A. |
| Extended Family | 049-454-655-135-091 |
| Patent ID | 4703948 |
| Inventor/Author | Ehrlich Donald J |
| IPC | B62D21/17 |
| Status | Expired |
| Owner | Wabash National Corporation Wabash National L.p Wabash Technology Corp |
| Simple Family | 049-454-655-135-091 |
| CPC (with Group) | B62D21/17 |
| Issuing Authority | United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) |
| Kind | Patent application/Unex. applic. open to public inspec. |
