Patents by Inventor Jack L. Thompson

Jack L. Thompson 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).

  • Liner for a truck bed having a fifth wheel mount
    Patent number: 5992915
    Abstract: A thermoformed thermoplastic bedliner has a ribbed bottom wall which overlies the floor of a truck cargo bed. Two side walls extend upwardly from the bottom wall. The ribs extend longitudinally along the bottom wall and terminate at a transverse flat portion. The bedliner can be modified to accommodate mounting of a fifth wheel hitch to the truck frame, either by bolting through the bedliner or by cutting away the transverse flat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Penda Corporation
    Inventors: Jack L. Thompson, Phillip L. Emery