Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Camper
Patent
1986-03-10
1987-03-24
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Camper
B60P 332
Patent
active
046520406
ABSTRACT:
A pickup truck tent arrangement with tailgate envelope is provided. Generally, the arrangement includes a frame mountable in a pickup truck to support a tent covering thereover, to form a tent or camper unit. The tent covering includes a rear member facing generally rearwardly of the truck and having an envelope portion mounted thereon. The envelope portion is sized to receive a portion of the tailgate of the truck therein, during camper assembly. In this manner, the rear portion of the tent covering is anchored to the tailgate, and the tailgate is received within and under the tent covering. The tent arrangement illustrated utilizes a tent frame comprising first and second diagonally arching cross-members, which form a frame for the tent covering to rest upon. In the preferred embodiment, as a result of the tailgate envelope the tent covering is maintained under tension over the frame, and is stretched beyond a rear bumper of the truck. The invention also includes provision of a method by which a tailgate of a pickup truck can be received within and covered by a tent covering mounted over the bed of the truck. According to the method, the tailgate is used to supply an anchor, beyond a rear bumper of a truck, for securing the tent covering.
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