Patent ID: 6811195
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B29C,B29L,B60N,B62D

Abstract:
A composite structural article comprising:(a) at least one reinforcing element having sized openings; and (b) at least three profiled sections, wherein, a portion of each profiled section is connected interlockingly with a portion of said reinforcing element, at least two of said profiled sections have terminal portions each having a projecting region that engages interlockingly with the sized openings of said reinforcing element such that a shaped portion of said reinforcing element surrounds at least partially said projecting regions, said profiled sections being further joined to said reinforcing element by means of thermoplastic material injected in the region of each interlocking connection with said reinforcing element, and one of said profiled sections is in at least one of (i) an abutting relationship with two or more of said profiled sections, and (ii) an interlocking relationship with two or more of said profiled sections.