Patents by Inventor Edwin Lee Nix

Edwin Lee Nix 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: 6827532
    Abstract: A bed rail (10) for attaching to a sidewall (12) of a motor vehicle (14), comprising a pair of elongate members (60) held in spaced-apart relation by a leading end cap (16, 30) and a trailing end cap (18, 30), the elongate members defining a space therebetween and an ornamental indicia-bearing panel (20) disposed in the space, for mounting with fasteners to a cap of a sidewall of the motor vehicle. In one aspect, the bed rail assembles by recesses in the elongate members (60) receiving tongues (42, 44) on the end caps (30). A channel (62) in the elongate members hold the edges of the panel. In another aspect, an integral bed rail (90) defines a longitudinal slot (102) through which the panel (20) passes into the space. A method of attaching a bed rail to a sidewall of a motor vehicle is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Inventor: Edwin Lee Nix
  • Patent number: 4111481
    Abstract: A truck bed liner comprising a tailgate liner having top and bottom hook-shaped flanges adapted to conform to and receive the top and bottom edge surfaces of the tailgate of a truck bed so that the tailgate liner may be snap-fastened to cover the interior surface of the tailgate, without any separate or independent fastener members.The truck bed liner also includes transversely spaced longitudinal rib members having widthwise dimensions greater than the width of any longitudinal rib members on the bottom wall of a truck bed, to provide longitudinal ventilation spaces between the bottom wall of the truck bed liner and the bottom wall of the truck bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Inventors: Edwin Lee Nix, Bobby E. Davenport