Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover
Patent
1995-01-05
1996-05-14
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Load cover
276105, 276165, B60P 702, B60P 332
Patent
active
055161820
ABSTRACT:
A retractable top for a bed of a pick-up truck including an elongated canopy securable over a bed of a pick-up truck, the canopy formed of a plurality of telescopically mated rigid sections with each section having a generally c-shaped vertical cross-section formed of a generally horizontal top panel and two opposed spaced outer panels and with each outer panel extended downwards from the top panel to define a generally rectangular planar side wall and then extended inwards at a location remote from the top panel to define a bottom flange, each bottom flange including a plurality of rotatable roller mechanisms coupled thereto and extended downwards therefrom; a track mechanism coupleable to side walls of a bed of a pick-up truck and slidably engaged with the roller mechanisms of the canopy for allowing extension and retraction of the canopy; an electrically-energizable drive mechanism coupled to the track mechanism and engaged with the roller mechanisms for extending and retracting the canopy.
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Aragon Dulce M.
Aragon Jorge L.
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