Patent ID: 8899661
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A deck panel for use in a cargo carrying vehicle, comprising: a body configured to rest upon a plurality of elongate load beams that are configured to be aligned in parallel in a storage space of a cargo carrying vehicle, the body comprising oppositely facing upper and lower surfaces, the lower surface comprising a plurality of discrete components depending therefrom and abuttable to at least one of the plurality of elongate load beams when the body rests thereupon, wherein engagement between the plurality of discrete components and the plurality of elongate load beams limits shifting of the body with respect to the load beams; the upper surface having a plurality of openings and the lower surface having a plurality of projections wherein each one of the plurality of openings corresponds with one of the plurality of projections, each of the plurality of openings and each of the plurality of projections comprise shapes that are complementary such that a second deck panel, the same as the first deck panel, can be stacked on the first deck panel so that a corresponding at least first projection depending from a lower surface on the second deck panel extends into the at least first opening to maintain the first and second deck panels in a predetermined stacked relationship, wherein each of the plurality of openings comprises a bottom portion that comprises one or more raised steps extending vertically above a remainder of the bottom portion, such that the projection depending from the lower surface on the second deck panel engages a top surface of the one or more raised steps.