Patent ID: 8657318

Claim:
A vehicle running board comprising a treadle body, said treadle body provided with a recessed receiving surface, said receiving surface formed with a plurality of positioning recesses respectively bored therein with a first threaded hole, said treadle body disposed with a recessed chamber at an underside, said recessed chamber bored therein with a plurality of second threaded holes, a decorative plate set on said receiving surface of said treadle body, said decorative plate composed of a long decorative plate and a short decorative plate jointed together, said long decorative plate and said short decorative plate respectively formed with a plurality of recesses respectively having an insert hole, plural first screws respectively inserted through said insert holes and threadably locked in said first threaded holes of said treadle body, said decorative plate having an underside provided with positioning projections at locations corresponding with said recesses, said positioning projections respectively engaged in said positioning recesses of said treadle body, an anti-skid pad mounted on said decorative plate, a connecting base received in said recessed chamber at the underside of said treadle body, said connecting base bored with insert holes at locations respectively corresponding with said second threaded holes in said recessed chamber at the underside of said treadle body, said insert holes respectively inserted therein with a second screw, said second screw threadably secured in said second threaded hole of said treadle body; and, wherein said connecting base has two lower sides respectively formed into a sliding rail and plural positioning members provided at an underside of said connecting base, each said positioning member being inverted-U shaped and having two sides positioned in said sliding rail of said connecting base, each said positioning member formed with a long insert hole, said long insert hole of said positioning member inserted therein with third screws.