Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – With nonrigid frame or border elements
Patent
1993-02-22
1994-11-22
Purol, David M.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
With nonrigid frame or border elements
160383, 296100, A47H 2300
Patent
active
053659945
ABSTRACT:
A snap fastener assembly useful for attaching a tonneau cover to a base structure such as a pick-up truck cargo box. The assembly includes a pair of mating fasteners, one of which is attached to the edge of the tonneau cover. The other fastener is slidably mounted along a rail on the sidewall of the cargo box. The rail-mounted fastener can be mounted in any of a plurality of positions in the direction the user pulls the cover to tighten it so that the user can adjust the tautness of the cover depending upon the position of the rail-mounted fastener.
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Steward Douglas A.
Wheatley Donald G.
Chandler Charles W.
Donald G. Wheatley
Purol David M.
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