Patent ID: RE42361

Claim:
A plastic conveyor belt module comprising: a plurality of plastic module body bodies, each extending longitudinally from a first body end to a second body end and transversely from a first body side to a second body side and including a top surface extending longitudinally from the first body end to the second body end and transversely from the first body side to the second body side , each body end having hinge eyes, each hinge eye having a hinge eye opening ; a plurality of sideguard sideguards, each upstanding from the top surface of a module body and forming a wall with a lower base that extends generally longitudinally from a first edge at the first body end of each of the module body bodies to a second edge at the second body end , said lower base not extending longitudinally beyond either of the hinge eye openings ; wherein the first edge and the second edge are generally perpendicular to the top surface; and wherein the sideguard is unitarily molded with the plastic module body ; and wherein the lower base of each sideguard does not extend beyond the hinge eye of an adjacent module body when the top surfaces of the module bodies occupy a common plane .