10-18-2013 Got to see a little progress this week. The rear fenders are now back from the sandblaster. Dan got them primed this week. Also, he got more body filler on the running boards, having finished stripping and blasting them. He discovered that the patent stampings are still intact on the undersides of the running board panels. Quite remarkable really, considering how much these have been exposed to the elements for 81 years!
The subjects of the patents are as follows:
#1,660,307: Entitled "Running Board" -- This invention relates to running boards for automobiles, and has for one of its objects to reduce the number of parts and the number of operations in constructing, finishing and applying running boards to automobile chassis.
#1,660,308: Entitled "Runningboard or Other Tread Member" -- The subject matter of the present application embodies certain improvements, particularly in the shape of the metal body and the manner in which the rubber covering is interlocked with the body.
#1,784,781: Entitled "Composite Steel and Rubber Article" -- This invention relates to a steel and rubber article of the type wherein rubber or similar non-metallic composition is attached by vulcanization or equivalent treatment to a metal base such as a base stamped from rolled sheet metal.
#1,784,782: Entitled "Composite Running Board" -- The invention relates to running boards for motor. vehicles formed from an elongated stamped sheet metal body with a layer of rubber vulcanized and interlocked to the running board body.
Who would have thought that so much design and patenting would have gone into something that looks so simple?
