Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Let-down type top
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-31
2001-01-09
Hoge, Gary C. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Let-down type top
C296S109000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06170900
ABSTRACT:
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not Applicable.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a folding cover for a pickup truck bed employing improved latching, sealing, attachment, and construction features.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A number of folding covers have been developed for covering pickup truck beds. Applicant's prior U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,844,531 and 4,946,217 (which are incorporated by reference) disclose the general construction and operation of such products. In these products, the front panel, or the panel closest to the cab of the pickup truck, is usually fastened down securely and serves as an anchor for the remaining panels of the cover. In other covers the front panel can be opened.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the invention, the construction of hinged panels in a folding cover for a pickup truck bed is improved by incorporating the hinge as an integral component of a C-shaped channel that forms the frame for the panels. This construction does away with the necessity for separately attaching a hinge to each panel and further reduces the likelihood that the hinges will come loose or that the panels will leak.
These and other features of the present invention are shown in the attached drawings and described in detail below.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2244042 (1941-06-01), Barlow
patent: 4861092 (1989-08-01), Bogard
patent: 5636893 (1997-06-01), Wheatley et al.
patent: 5653491 (1997-08-01), Steffens et al.
Advance Cover Company
Hoge Gary C.
Waters and Morge, P.C.
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