Patent ID: 9637178
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B21C,B60R,C22C

Claim:
1. A vehicle exterior accessory formed primarily from a hollow tubular member, the hollow tubular member comprising: a major wall having a generally planar exposed major surface running longitudinally between two longitudinally extending edges; at least four side walls connected to the longitudinally extending edges, each of the side walls having a generally planar exposed side surface running longitudinally; and an attachment wall connected with the major wall and the side walls to complete a hollow tubular profile, the attachment wall defining an exposed connection slide opening running longitudinally, the connection slide opening defining a neck for holding a connection; wherein the hollow tubular member is formed of aluminum extruded about a longitudinal axis within the hollow tubular profile, and wherein the extruded hollow tubular member has ends formed by transversely cutting the hollow tubular member at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the longitudinal axis.