Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Auxiliary article compartments
Patent
1982-07-30
1984-05-29
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Auxiliary article compartments
296 15, 224 4242, B60R 1100
Patent
active
044510756
ABSTRACT:
A removable storage cover for a pickup truck bed comprises a sloping back wall and a hinged top cover. The sloping back wall is secured at the bottom end on opposite sides by retractable pins which fit into holes drilled into the truck wheel wells. The top cover is hinged to the sloping back wall and closes against a pair of supporting rails on the interior side walls of the truck bed. In a second embodiment, the top end of the sloping back wall is secured to the interior side walls, and the bottom end is secured to the wheel wells of the truck bed by retractable pins which fit into holes drilled into the side walls and wheel wells. In a third embodiment, the top end of the sloping back wall rests on rubber bumpers secured in the interior side walls of the truck bed and has a peripherally extending flange which rests on the top of the side walls and the top of the tailgate when in a closed position. When the top cover is in a closed position, it may be locked by provision of a clasp and lock. Because of the aerodynamic shape of the storage cover construction, the truck bed has reduced wind resistance which results in increased gasoline mileage.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3326595 (1967-06-01), Ogilvie
patent: 3664704 (1972-05-01), Ellis
patent: 4215896 (1980-08-01), Drouin
Mosely Neal J.
Song Robert R.
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