Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – With mounting – fastening – or supporting means
Patent
1991-01-23
1991-12-31
Johnson, Blair M.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
With mounting, fastening, or supporting means
E06B 900
Patent
active
050763385
ABSTRACT:
A cover (10) including a generally L-shaped end plate (20) for stretching and fastening the cover (10) to a frame structure (30). End plate (20) is lockable into a fixed, stretching position with respect to the frame structure (30). Different locking arrangements for accomplishing this are disclosed. Structure (160) is provided for mounting the frame structure (30) to the box of a pickup truck or an equivalent apparatus. Structure is also provided for preventing the cover (10) from ballooning during use.
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Copy of a sample sheet for Tonneau-tex standard black cover from Bruin Plastics Co., Inc., of Glendale, Rhode Island (Exhibit A).
Copy of a sample sheet for a tonneau fabric, elk grain, from The Haartz Corporation of Acton, Massachusetts (Exhibit B).
One page "Tailored Seat and Tonneau Covers" ad by Performance Covers of Concord, California, published Nov., 1988 in Truckin' (Exhibit C).
One page extang ad by extang Corporation of Ann Arbor, Michigan (Exhibit D).
Tonneau cover ad by Pannon Products, Inc., of Wolcott, Connecticut (Exhibit E).
Bestop Inc. ad for covers for automobiles, p. 61 (Exhibit F).
Bestop Inc. price list for automobile parts, p. 107 (Exhibit G).
Two page excerpt from catalog featuring covers (Exhibit H).
One page ad for snapless custom-fit convertible tops (Exhibit I).
One page excerpt from catalog for Supertop by Bestop, Inc., 1987 (Exhibit J).
Schmeichel Charles M.
Schmeichel Steven C.
Agri-Cover, Inc.
Johnson Blair M.
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