Rail attachment system for tonneau cover

Details Rail attachment system for tonneau cover Rail attachment system for tonneau cover

1990-11-14

1992-06-16

Pedder, Dennis H.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Load cover

296104, 1603681, 248503, B60P 704

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051219603

ABSTRACT:
A clamping apparatus for releasably attaching a flexible tonneau cover to the upper flange of a pickup truck cargo box sidewall. The apparatus includes a frame having a rail mounted around the top of the sidewall. The rail has a slot facing away from the cargo area for connecting the tonneau cover edge to the rail. The rail has a second slot facing inwardly toward the cargo area for releasably receiving the end of a L-shaped upper clamping clip. The clip is received in the slot and slid along the rail to a desired position. Each upper clip has a vertical leg mounted adjacent the inside flange of the cargo box sidewall. A C-shaped lower clip, mounted behind the flange, has a midsection adapted to receive a threaded fastener which is also passed through an opening in the vertical leg of the upper clip. The upper clip also has structure at an adjusted height above the cargo box floor for receiving the end of a slat which supports the tonneau cover.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2565746 (1951-08-01), Turner
patent: 3923334 (1975-12-01), Key
patent: 4639033 (1987-01-01), Wheatley et al.
patent: 4730866 (1988-03-01), Nett
patent: 4838602 (1989-06-01), Nett

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