Patents by Inventor Robert E. Stebens

Robert E. Stebens has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5046775
    Abstract: A fastening device is provided for securing of liners to the interior of pickup truck cargo beds. The fastening devices include a base plate which overlies the outer surface of a bed liner and a locking tongue projecting laterally from a bottom of the plate to extend through an aperture in the liner sidewall and to mechanically couple with a flange of the cargo bed sidewall to effect clamping of the liner to the flange. The locking tongue is formed with a peripheral edge surface that includes a locking surface angularly disposed with respect to the base plate forming in cooperation therewith for receiving edge portions of the liner and flange in clamped relationship, a camming surface that rides against an edge of the aperture in the liner during insertion to facilitate assembly and a locking surface that automatically engages the liner to maintain the fastening device in locking engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: LRV Acquisition Corporation
    Inventors: Howard W. Marcum, Jr., John R. Snyder, Robert E. Stebens