Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover
Patent
1998-03-18
2000-06-27
Hoge, Gary C.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Load cover
296104, B60P 704
Patent
active
RE0367486
ABSTRACT:
A tarpaulin support device for an open top of a trailer, vehicle or the like. The device includes a flexible and resilient pole having a first end and a second end, the pole being normally straight and bowed under tension to an arched position. A first bracket is opposed to a second bracket, each bracket being attached to the trailer and each bracket having a non-cylindrical opening therein. A first socket and a second socket each have a receptacle to receive one of the pole ends, each socket terminating in a non-cylindrical post receivable in one of the openings to retain the sockets and retain the pole and to prevent radial movement of the post.
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Lemmons Patricia A.
Stephens Donald W.
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