Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-09
2001-01-23
Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Load cover
C296S100030, C296S039200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06176541
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to covers for the beds of pickup trucks, and more particularly to an improved hard cover which may be quickly and easily attached and removed from a truck bed without the use of tools or fasteners.
(2) Background Information
Covers for truck beds have been manufactured for many years, but still suffer several problems. The most basic problem is the requirement of tools and fasteners to install the cover onto the truck panels. In most cases, prior art truck bed covers are bolted into the panels, thereby leaving permanent holes in the truck if the fasteners are ever removed.
Another problem with prior art truck bed covers is in the time and effort required to attach or remove the cover from the truck. Typically, power tools are required for this endeavor and in most cases it takes hours to initially install the cover, or permanently remove the cover.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore a general object of the present invention to provide an improved truck bed cover for pickup trucks.
Another object is to provide a truck bed cover and attachment system which may be quickly and easily installed and removed from the pickup truck without the use of tools.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide an improved truck bed cover which does not utilize fasteners bolted into the truck, to thereby permit complete removal of the cover from the truck without damage to the truck itself.
These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
The truck bed cover of the present invention includes a pair of channels, each channel having an inwardly directed and outwardly directed receiving channel there along, slidably engaged on inwardly directed flanges of the side panels of the truck bed. At least one cover panel is then slid forwardly between the inwardly directed receiving channels of the channels on the flanges to cover the truck bed. A connector member which extends between the channels is utilized to interconnect cover panels on the truck bed. In trucks having a trapezoidal shaped bed, the channels have openings formed in upper portions of the forward ends thereof, and trapezoidal shaped cover panels are dropped through the opening and then slid rearwardly into engagement with a connector on the rearward most panel.
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patent: 5251950 (1993-10-01), Bernardo
patent: 5931521 (1999-08-01), Kooiker
patent: 5961173 (1999-10-01), Repetti
patent: 5979963 (1999-11-01), Jordon
patent: 6039379 (2000-03-01), Jordan
patent: 6053557 (2000-04-01), Kooiker
patent: 6059350 (2000-05-01), Kooiker
Dayoan D. Glenn
Engle Patricia
Frederiksen Mark D.
Koley Jessen P.C.
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