Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover
Patent
1991-04-15
1991-11-26
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Load cover
296220, 49125, B60P 702
Patent
active
050677667
ABSTRACT:
A pair of telescoping panels covers the bed of a pickup truck. An axle member at the trailing end of the rear panel is biased to lift that trailing end upwardly so that it can clear the tailgate of the truck when a latch is released and so that the rear panel can be slid forwardly when so released. A latch at the leading end of the forward panel similarly releases an upwardly biased axle so that the leading end of that panel can clear the forward wall of the truck bed when it is desired to slide the front panel rearwardly. A third axle is positioned at the leading end of the rear panel. All three axles carry wheel members at their opposite ends that are mounted for lateral movement within longitudinally extending tracks mounted to opposite side walls of the truck bed. The lateral moveability allows the structure to be positioned on differing models of pickup trucks. The panels are arched and ribbed for structural strength.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3342523 (1967-09-01), Lutgen
patent: 4741570 (1988-05-01), Lovaas
patent: 4770461 (1988-09-01), Lovaas
Focarino Margaret A.
Miller Stanley M.
Pike Andrew C.
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