Ronald L Yoder

US Patent:

D3429512, Jan 4, 1994

Filed:

Mar 22, 1993

Appl. No.:

7/006145

Inventors:

Ronald L. Yoder - Topeka IN

Assignee:

Universal Consolidated Methods, Inc. - Topeka IN

US Classification:

D14238

US Patent:

D3400182, Oct 5, 1993

Filed:

Apr 6, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/864085

Inventors:

Ronald L. Yoder - Topeka IN

Assignee:

Universal Consolidated Methods, Inc. - Topeka IN

US Classification:

D12156

US Patent:

D3290077, Sep 1, 1992

Filed:

May 4, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/518842

Inventors:

Ronald L. Yoder - Topeka IN

Assignee:

Universal Consolidated Methods, Inc. - Topeka IN

US Classification:

D 8 73

US Patent:

D3397823, Sep 28, 1993

Filed:

Dec 14, 1992

Appl. No.:

D/002511

Inventors:

Ronald L. Yoder - Topeka IN

Assignee:

Universal Consolidated Methods, Inc. - Topeka IN

US Classification:

D12156

US Patent:

59043938, May 18, 1999

Filed:

Feb 5, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/796073

Inventors:

Ronald L. Yoder - Topeka IN

Assignee:

Indiana Custom Trucks, Inc. - LaGrange IN

International Classification:

B60P7/02

US Classification:

29610017

Abstract:

A rail mounting system for mounting accessory items to truck bed sidewall includes a rail having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion adapted to respectively engage horizontal and vertical sidewalls of a truck bed. The rail further includes an angled extension extending nonorthogonally from the vertical portion and defining at least one opening therethrough. The rail further includes a bearing surface extending from the angled extension at a substantially orthogonal angle. A clamp is provided to hold the rail in position and includes on one end a clamping surface and on the other end a bearing surface engageable with the rail bearing surface. A fastener passes through the opening in the rail and attaches to the clamp. Upon tightening the fastener, the clamp slides along the rail bearing surface towards the angled extension. The nonorthogonal angle of the angled extension allows the clamp to exert either a vertical force, a horizontal force, or both on the truck bed sidewall.

US Patent:

D3476367, Jun 7, 1994

Filed:

Oct 7, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/771999

Inventors:

Ronald L. Yoder - Topeka IN

Assignee:

Universal Consolidated Methods, Inc. - Topeka IN

US Classification:

D14238

US Patent:

D2947021, Mar 15, 1988

Filed:

Sep 26, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/780251

Inventors:

Ronald L. Yoder - Topeka IN

Assignee:

Universal Consolidated Methods, Inc. - Topeka IN

US Classification:

D14 91

US Patent:

49019635, Feb 20, 1990

Filed:

Jun 20, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/747122

Inventors:

Ronald L. Yoder - Topeka IN

Assignee:

Universal Consolidated Methods, Inc. - Topeka IN

International Classification:

B25B 500

US Classification:

2482315

Abstract:

An adjustable clamp is formed of two extrusions pivotally joined together by retaining structures consisting of a web and bead extruded as part of one of the extrusions and a channel extruded as part of the other extrusion and having sufficient cross-sectional size to receive the bead longitudinally. Edge portions of the channel define a gap wider than the web but narrower than the bead to allow limited pivotal movement of one extrusion relative to the other about an axis in the channel and to prevent the bead from slipping transversely out of the channel. One extrusion has a body portion with an arm extending from the body portion and a pressure pad on the arm. The other extrusion has a generally U-shaped configuration consisting of a bight and two sides, one of which has an edge with an extruded pressure pad thereon facing the pressure pad on the arm. The other side, which is adjacent the pivot axis defined by the bead and the channel, is juxtaposed with respect to the body portion of the othe extrusion. A bolt extends through a clearance hole in the outer one of these two juxtaposed components and threadedly engages a threaded hole in the other of the juxtaposed components to draw the juxtaposed body portion and the other side of the U-shaped extrusion toward each other and thus force the pressure pads toward each other.