Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – With mounting – fastening – or supporting means
Patent
1989-12-20
1991-02-12
Johnson, Blair M.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
With mounting, fastening, or supporting means
160383, 296100, B60P 702
Patent
active
049916408
ABSTRACT:
A fastening system is provided that is especially suitable for securing flexible automotive and truck body covers, and in particular tonneau covers, to truck bodies. The system employs cooperating hook and loop type fasteners with a cover member that protects the hook and loop fasteners against weathering, entry of moisture dirt, etc., and also provides an enclosure along the cover edge to prevent peeling separation under the effect of wind whip. The system can also include a locking closure to prevent unauthorized removal of the cover. Preferably a strip of hook and loop fastening material is mounted on a replaceable strip mounted in a channel in an extruded base member which is bonded to the vehicle side upper edges; a resilient layer can be interposed to accomodate irregularities. A second hook and loop strip is fastened to the underside of the cover member which is pivotably attached to the base member. Cooperating hook and loop strips are attached to the opposite side edges of the tonneau cover which are sandwiched between the base and cover members to fasten the edges. When the tonneau cover is absent the hook and loop fasteners hold the members together and continue to prevent deterioration and also rattling. The base member preferably is in the form of short butting strips which are held in alignment by the replaceable strip and the cover member, both of which are continuous. The locking closure consists of a front attachment hidden by the tonneau cover and straps attached to the rear edge and secured in locking fasteners.
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Lockhart Edward A.
Plester Douglas J.
Verkindt Glenn M.
Johnson Blair M.
Ontario Limited
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