Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover
Patent
1995-03-31
1997-06-24
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Load cover
526532, 135 8813, 135117, 135119, 160243, 296104, 296141, B60P 702
Patent
active
056411928
ABSTRACT:
An aerodynamic, lightweight, flexible material top for enclosing a flatbed of a wheeled vehicle having a front and rear, the top includes a series of inverted, U-shaped supports extending upwardly from and across the flatbed with a first support at the front and a last support at the rear. A flexible material is stretched over the supports and includes a fixed sleeve and a laterally adjustable sleeve which are secured about the first and last supports. At least a portion of the top is pivotally connected as to swing upwardly away from the flatbed to gain access under the top and to the flatbed.
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patent: 4902064 (1990-02-01), Tuerk et al.
patent: 5338084 (1994-08-01), Wardell
Butler Chris A.
Smith Duane
Mitchell David M.
Robinson Kia M.
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