Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-07
2006-03-07
Gutman, H. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Load cover
C296S136100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07008000
ABSTRACT:
A tonneau cover apparatus including a strap assembly. The apparatus preferably including a flexible cover and a support frame for attachment to a cargo box of a pick-up truck; the support frame having a front bar to the first end of the flexible cover is secured. The strap assembly including a strap bracket; a buckle insertion member and a strap to secure the flexible cover in a rolled up configuration proximate the front bar. The buckle insertion member is secured to a first end of the strap and the strap bracket is attached to the front bar. The strap bracket including a buckle insertion receiving member and a strap receiving opening. The buckle insertion receiving member resists movement forward of the front bar of a rolled-up segment of the flexible cover, when the rolled-up segment is secured to the front bar by the strap.
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Agri-Cover, Inc.
Gutman H.
Moore, Hansen & Sumner PLLP
Schmeichel Charles M.
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