Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover
Patent
1992-04-24
1994-01-04
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Load cover
296104, 29239, 29270, 160379, 2482315, 2482317, B60J 710
Patent
active
052754588
ABSTRACT:
A tonneau cover assembly is provided having a rail network, a plurality of clamps, one or more crossbars and a flexible top. The rail network is secured about the bed of a pick-up truck, using clamps. Thus, no holes are made in the vehicle, and the entire tonneau cover assembly can be mounted without the use of tools. After the rail network is secured to the truck, the crossbars are placed over the truck bed, and snap onto the clamps. Insert tips allow the crossbars to adjust to various lengths. A tang on the clamp is received by the insert tip, and provides resistance to torsional forces. A hook assembly is sewn about the periphery of the flexible cover and is secured to the rail network. To disengage the flexible cover from the rail network, a stripping member is used. In the first preferred embodiment, the stripping member rests within the rail network and forcibly ejects a portion of the hook assembly from the rail network. In a second preferred embodiment, the stripping member is a part of the hook assembly. Exerting a force on the stripping member disengages a portion of the hook assembly from the rail network. Once a portion of the hook assembly is disengaged from the rail, the remainder of the flexible cover can be easily peeled away.
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Barben Jack
Kersting Benjamin M.
Weldy Ross
Custom Form Manufacturing, Inc.
Pedder Dennis H.
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