IP Library Granted Patent US 9,744,908
Granted Patent B1
US 9,744,908 · App. 15/159,633 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

Truck step

Inventor: Frank Hodges (Corona, CA)
B60R3/002
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Patent No.
US 9,744,908
App. No.
15/159,633
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present invention is directed to a truck step that is typically used with a lifted truck. The steps on the truck step have additional space for receiving a user's foot, shoe, or boot. The additional space is created by compressing a main bar on its bottom surface thereby creating an indentation in the main bar just above the truck step. The utility of the present invention is related to improving access to the truck step while at the same time providing a low profile appearance that does not distract or diminish the appearance of a lifted truck with a low hanging step.

Claims (8)

1. A truck step comprising:

a main bar with at least one loop structure attached to the main bar and wherein the main bar has a top surface and a bottom surface wherein a bottom surface portion is indented to form a main bar indentation surface.

2. The truck step of claim 1 wherein the main bar indentation surface is positioned just over the loop structure.

3. The truck step of claim 1 wherein the main bar indentation surface is positioned just over the full length of the loop structure.

4. The truck step of claim 1 wherein there are one to twenty loop structures.

5. The truck step of claim 1 wherein the main bar is between two and eight inches in diameter.

6. The truck step of claim 1 wherein the loop structure has a wrap.

7. The truck step of claim 1 wherein the bottom surface portion is indented so that the main bar indentation surface is within one to five inches of the top surface.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2020
From: PILOT INC.
To: WINGSPIRE CAPITAL LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 053723/0658 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2017
From: HODGES, FRANK; RBP PERFORMANCE INC.
To: PILOT, INC.
Reel/Frame 043897/0630 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62163855 · May 19, 2015
Provisional Application 62215922 · Sep 9, 2015