Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover
Reexamination Certificate
2000-10-27
2001-11-27
Gordon, Stephen T. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Load cover
C296S100070, C296S037600, C296S100020, C224S404000, C016S355000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06322128
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to trucks having a cargo bed and more particularly to a multi-part cover for the cargo bed, and a hinge for use in attaching the cover to the cargo bed.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Users of pick-up trucks commonly add a cover to the cargo bed to provide secure storage and also, in some instances, to simply improve the appearance of the pick-up truck. Such covers include hard covers with structure to lock the cover to the cargo bed of the pick-up truck. Because of the size of the cargo bed it is advantageous if the hard cover can be made in sections such that each section can be opened and closed independently of the other sections. However such a cover must include structure to enable the installer to place the parts of the cover in relation to one another and also to place the complete cover in the preferred position on the cargo bed. The necessary adjustments should preferably be inherent in the assembly of the hinges to the cargo bed and to the parts of the cover.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In one of its aspects, the present invention provides a hinge which can be used to attach a cover made up of individual parts to a cargo bed of a pick-up truck. The hinge provides adjustments to accommodate variations in the cargo bed so that the cover can be placed on the bed and the parts of the cover located relative to one another to allow the parts to be opened and closed independently. The hinge includes a mechanism which permits lengthwise movement relative to the truck as the cover part is raised angularly about the hinge so that the part does not interfere with adjacent parts as the part is raised or lowered. A cover made up of several parts for attachment to a cargo bed of a pick-up truck is also provided.
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Gordon Stephen T.
Patel Kiran B.
Scott Christopher R.
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