Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roll-up covers
Patent
1996-04-22
1997-12-16
Pike, Andrew C.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roll-up covers
B60P 704
Patent
active
056976640
ABSTRACT:
A system for deploying a cover over an open-topped container, such as a truck trailer, and for removing and storing the cover requires only a single operator who need not leave the ground. The fabric cover is rolled on a storage roller at one end of the opening which includes a drive mechanism tending to roll up the cover. A pull rod is secured to the cover free end, extending across the opening and including guide disks riding along the outer edge of the opening. The pull rod and cover are pulled across the opening with a pull rope attached to the pull rod, which locks in place at the second end of the opening. A plurality of tie-down straps are provided along the cover edges. A tie-down rope is threaded through loops at the ends of the straps and corresponding hooks along the side of the container to hold the sides in place. Side flaps extending down from the cover can be provided to seal the edges. The flaps are foldable up over the cover. The cover is rolled onto the storage roller with the folded flaps to open the container top.
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Duncan John R.
Gilliam Frank D.
Pike Andrew C.
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