Patent ID: 7213826
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A one-piece, integrally molded running board adapted to be attached to a motor vehicle, said running board comprising: a stepping platform having an upper surface and a lower surface extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends and laterally between outer and inner edges; a plurality of mounting projections molded with and extending laterally from said inner edge, said plurality of mounting projections securable to the motor vehicle for holding said stepping platform thereagainst; a plurality of reinforcing ribs extending between said lower surface of said stepping platform and said plurality of mounting projections to support said running board as a downward force is applied to said upper surface of said stepping platform, at least one of said plurality of reinforcing ribs intersecting said outer edge of said stepping platform and; at least one support rib disposed between and spaced apart from two of said plurality of mounting projections, said at least one support rib extending along said lower surface of said stepping platform at least partially between said outer and inner edges of said stepping platform.