Hinged tonneau truck bed cover with bed divider

Details Hinged tonneau truck bed cover with bed divider Hinged tonneau truck bed cover with bed divider

1999-11-02

2001-04-17

Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Load cover

C296S100060, C296S037600, C410S135000, C312S257100, C224S498000, C224S404000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06217103

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a tonneau cover for the cargo bed of a pickup truck.
2. Description of Related Art
A variety of tonneau covers for covering the open cargo bed of a pickup truck have been developed. One type of tonneau cover involves a flexible canvas or plastic cover tied down or otherwise attached over the cargo bed. Other tonneau covers have included single panel or multi-panel covers of molded rigid fiberglass or plastic bolted or otherwise fastened to the truck bed sidewalls. Multi-panel covers can open to provide access to the cargo bed by raising one or both panels.
An object of the present invention is to provide a tonneau cover for covering the cargo bed of a pickup truck in a manner that provides access to the cargo bed and also partitions the cargo bed into individual compartments.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a tonneau cover for a cargo bed of a pickup truck wherein the tonneau cover includes first and second cover panels and a cargo bed partition mounted on a common hinge to suspend the partition beneath the tonneau cover and divide the cargo bed into individual compartments. The cargo bed and/or the partition include(s) fasteners to releasably secure the partition in an upright position and to permit swinging movement of the partition, when released, about the hinge out of the way to accommodate large loads in the cargo bed.
In an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, the cover panels include integral hinge leafs that are disposed on a common hinge pin and interleaved between the partition hinge leafs. Alternately, a hinge mechanism is fabricated having a hinge pin and hinge leafs that are fastened to the cover panels and to the partition. The hinge pin is supported on the truck bed at opposite cargo bed side walls. The cargo bed and/or partition include(s) fasteners for releasably securing the partition in an upright position beneath the cover and yet permit swinging movement of the partition, when released, out of the way to accommodate large loads in the cargo bed.
The above objects and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent from the following description taken with the following drawings.


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