Apparatus and method for positioning a tarpaulin

Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover

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C296S098000

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11026332

ABSTRACT:
A system for positioning a tarpaulin on a flatbed is provided. According to one embodiment, the system comprises a lifting device and a tarpaulin positioning apparatus structured to be attached to the lifting device. The lifting device is structured to lift at least a portion of the tarpaulin positioning apparatus above the flatbed and to move the portion of the tarpaulin positioning apparatus over the length of the flatbed from one end to the other. The tarpaulin positioning apparatus is further structured to deploy the tarpaulin on the flatbed as the portion of the tarpaulin positioning apparatus is moved over the length of the flatbed from one end to the other by the lifting device.

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Declarations of Sammy Lee Barringer dated Jun. 9, 2006, Larry Edward Hamilton dated Jun. 9, 2006, and Jerry Franklin Hartman dated Jun. 7, 2006, related to the development of the Tarpaulin Apparatus, 20 pages.

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