Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roll-up covers
Patent
1984-07-26
1986-01-07
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roll-up covers
166266, B60J 710
Patent
active
045630348
ABSTRACT:
A retractable cover designed for use in covering the bed of a conventional pick up truck. The cover includes a pair of beaded side edges wherein each of the beaded side edges slidably engage a track or longitudinal opening molded in a slide member mounted to the side walls of a bed on a pick up truck. One end of the cover is fixed to a spring loaded, continuously biased, roller rotatably mounted to the forward section of the truck's bed in a plane below the plane of the extended truck cover. A flap is also provided to cover the roller as well as a means to seal the flap to the truck cover when fully extended. A locking mechanism is fixed at or near the tailgate of the truck's bed to maintain the extended, spring biased, cover in an extended and locked position.
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Bojanowski Richard F.
Song Robert R.
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