Demountable pick-up truck tonneau cover

Details Demountable pick-up truck tonneau cover Demountable pick-up truck tonneau cover

1990-01-30

1992-01-07

Focarino, Margaret A.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Load cover

296 571, 49395, B60F 702

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RE0337900

ABSTRACT:
A demountable tonneau cover for enclosing the open top of a pick-up truck cargo box comprises a relatively light-weight laminated panel which fits onto the open top of the cargo box to enclose the cargo space. Two pairs of spring-loaded pins are mounted on the interior of the cover along opposite sides for releasably latching the cover to the sides of the cargo box. These pins are inaccessible from the exterior of the cargo box when the cover is on the box. Cables extend from the spring-loaded pins through passages within the cover to pull handles which are also mounted on the interior of the cover adjacent the rear edge. The pins are normally biased to extended positions for fitting into holes in the sides of the cargo box and thereby latching the cover in place on the cargo box. When the pull handles are operated, the pins are retracted out of the holes thereby allowing the cover to be displaced from the position enclosing the cargo space. The pull handles are inaccessible when the cover is in place on the box for enclosing the cargo space and the tailgate forming the rear of the cargo box is closed, but they are rendered accessible when the tailgate is opened. The tailgate is locked by a key-operated lock thereby prohibiting access to the pull handles, and hence preventing access to the cargo space or removal of the cover without a key for unlocking the tailgate.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2886375 (1959-05-01), Crawford
patent: 3489456 (1970-01-01), Klanke
patent: 3704039 (1972-11-01), Dean
patent: 4522440 (1985-06-01), Gostomski
patent: 4629243 (1986-12-01), Jensen

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