Integrated roll-formed front and bed panel for vehicle box assembly

摘要

An improved vehicle box assembly with an upright front panel part and a horizontal floor panel part defined by a monolithic one-piece roll-formed steel sheet member having a desired three-dimensional configuration. The sheet steel member is roll-formed in the lengthwise direction thereof to define a plurality of parallel stiffening ribs. The roll-formed member is thereafter transversely bent to define both front and floor panel parts.