Tarping system transport method

Details Tarping system transport method Tarping system transport method

2007-06-12

2007-06-12

Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Load cover

C296S100110

Reexamination Certificate

active

11145761

ABSTRACT:
A method for shipping a retractable cover system include pre-assembling the cover system to include the flexible cover and enough components to support the cover on guide rails mounted to a trailer or other transport vehicle. At least two pre-assembled cover systems are compressed along their length and then loaded sequentially onto the guide rails of the same trailer. In certain embodiments, four compressed partially pre-assembled cover systems are loaded onto a single trailer. The trailer is then transported to one or more customer sites where one or more of the compressed cover systems are unloaded. The cover systems may be only partially pre-assembled, with the remaining components placed on the trailer within the compressed cover system when it is loaded on the trailer. The cover systems may be maintained in their compressed state by a tension element or tensioned apron wrapped around the compressed cover system.

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