US 6,982,105 B2
Fuel tank having molded reinforcements and method of making same
Ovie Clarence Huse, Mineral Wells, Tex. (US)
Assigned to The Moore Company, Westerly, R.I. (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/904,468.
Application 09/904468 is a division of application No. 09/079726, filed on May 15, 1998, granted, now 6,294,127.
Prior Publication US 2002/0043536 A1, Apr. 18, 2002
Int. Cl. B32B 1/02 (2006.01); B32B 1/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 428—34.5 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container body formed of a thermoplastic material having at least three sides with an inner surface, an outer surface, and at least one corner joining said three sides, a reinforcement of thermoplastic material disposed over said outer surface of said three sides of said corner, said reinforcement having a bottom surface and a top surface tapering to a peripheral pointed edge extending completely about said corner reinforcement, said thermoplastic material of said container body being disposed over said pointed edge to engage said tapered bottom and top surfaces completely about said peripheral edge for mechanically locking said reinforcement to said container body on all three sides thereof while exposing said top surface of said reinforcement.