Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Racks
Patent
1993-07-20
1995-06-13
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Racks
296 10, 296100, 296164, 224 4245R, 135 8813, E04H 1506, B60P 300
Patent
active
054235871
ABSTRACT:
A combination camper shell and lumber rack for a pickup truck. A framework is mounted on the truck and used as a lumber rack when the covering shell is not installed, and then when desired the lumber rack is readily converted to a framework for supporting a covering shell. The lumber rack is structured so that it may be converted to a full camper shell frame by setting in place several rafter members that are adapted to be removably mounted across the top of the lumber rack frame to define the camper top profile. A flexible foldable soft top is shaped and arranged to extend over the lumber rack frame with the rafters in position and to be secured in position so as to enclose the frame. The walls of the shell are formed of a fabric, plastic or equivalent material shaped to cooperate with the frame and be supported thereby to define the camper covering sheet. The frame and covering sheet are formed to provide a profile reducing adverse aerodynamic effects and permitting the vehicle to be driven comfortably at higher speeds with the camper shell installed. The covering sheet and frame are structured so that the covering sheet may be removed and the full framework partially disassembled quickly and easily by a single person, leaving a fully functional lumber rack in place on the pickup truck.
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Aronson Elliot B.
Pedder Dennis H.
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