Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roll-up covers
Patent
1986-07-11
1988-01-05
Reeves, Robert B.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roll-up covers
160 36, 160201, 296100, B60J 710
Patent
active
047171960
ABSTRACT:
A cover system for a pick-up truck having an open top defined by vertical spaced apart side walls, and a front wall is disclosed. The cover system includes a rollable cover portion which has the capability of being either completely or partially extended or retracted to close or expose the truck bed. The cover portion will consist of a multiplicity of adjacent transverse panels which, in preferred embodiments, are continuously connected along their transverse length by hinges of flexible and water resistant material. The cover portion will be extended or retracted by a drive system located at the upper forward section of the truck bed. The drive system will include one or more drive roller intermediate the side walls of the truck bed. The drive rollers will be in driving contact with and have a surface structured to positively engage the underside of the cover panels. Controls and a motor will be provided to control and activate the drive system. A reeling system will be provided adjacent to the drive system. The cover portion will be attached to the reeling system so that movement of the reeling system will also cause the cover portion to be extended or retracted. The reeling system will be linked in a coordinated manner with the drive roller. In one embodiment, when the tailgate of the truck is removed or absent, the rear opening of the truck bed will be covered by driving the cover portion to the floor at the rear of the truck bed.
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Adelco, Inc.
Klaas Bruce G.
Reeves Robert B.
Stormer Russell D.
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