Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-27
2005-09-27
Engle, Patricia L. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Load cover
C296S136030, C016S357000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06948758
ABSTRACT:
A hinge assembly pivotally attaching a tonneau cover panel to a cargo bed of a motor vehicle. The hinge assembly includes a attachment bracket fixedly secured to the cargo bed of the motor vehicle. The attachment bracket defines a slot extending between a closed end and an open end, and the slot includes a pocket disposed adjacent the open end. The hinge assembly also includes a panel bracket fixedly secured to the tonneau cover panel. The panel bracket includes a base and a distal and defining an end aperture. The end aperture is alignable with the slot. In addition, the hinge assembly includes an attachment pin extending through the end aperture and received within the slot for movably securing the panel bracket with the attachment bracket. The movement of the panel bracket between the closed end and the open end moves the tonneau cover panel between a closed and a partially open position, and the movement of the attachment pin from the open end into the pocket allows pivotal movement of the tonneau cover panel from the partially open position to a fully open position.
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Clark Hill PLC
Decoma International Inc.
Engle Patricia L.
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