Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-26
2002-01-22
Gordon, Stephen T. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Load cover
C296S013000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06340195
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a cover and sidewall extensions for pickup truckboxes and more particularly pertains to a new truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment for accomplishing two tasks of not only covering the truckbox when needed but also extending the sides of the truckbox when needed.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of a cover and sidewall extensions for pickup truckboxes is known in the prior art. More specifically, a cover and sidewall extensions for pickup truckboxes heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,199,188; 5,340,188; 4,746,161; D327,668; 4,003,596; and 5,755,480.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment. The inventive device includes a first and second wall members dimensioned to cover the box of a pickup truck, and further includes a flange or flap member extending along the length and from a longitudinal edge of the first wall member, and also includes a first telescoping brace member connected to the truckbox and to the first wall member, and a second telescoping brace member connected to the truckbox and to the second wall member. The first wall member is hingedly attached to a first side wall of the box of the pickup truck, and the second wall member is hingedly attached to a second side wall of the box of the pickup truck with a lockable latch member being disposed in the second wall member and having a latch portion capable of engaging the flap member to securely lock the two wall members upon the box of the pickup truck.
In these respects, the truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of for accomplishing two tasks of not only covering the truckbox when needed but also extending the sides of the truckbox when needed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of a cover and sidewall extensions for pickup truckboxes now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment construction wherein the same can be utilized for accomplishing two tasks of not only covering the truckbox when needed but also extending the sides of the truckbox when needed.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment which has many of the advantages of a cover and sidewall extensions for pickup truckboxes mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art a cover and sidewall extensions for pickup truckboxes, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a first and second wall members dimensioned to cover the box of a pickup truck, and further includes a flange or flap member extending along the length and from a longitudinal edge of the first wall member, and also includes a first telescoping brace member connected to the truckbox and to the first wall member, and a second telescoping brace member connected to the truckbox and to the second wall member. The first wall member is hingedly attached to a first side wall of the box of the pickup truck, and the second wall member is hingedly attached to a second side wall of the box of the pickup truck with a lockable latch member being disposed in the second wall member and having a latch portion capable of engaging the flap member to securely lock the two wall members upon the box of the pickup truck.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment which has many of the advantages of a cover and sidewall extensions for pickup truckboxes mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art a cover and sidewall extensions for pickup truckboxes, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new truckbox cover and sidewall extension attachment for accomplishing two tasks of not only covering the truckbox when needed but also extending the sides of the truckbox when needed.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new tr
Hall Arizona
Hall John Henry
Engle Patricia
Gordon Stephen T.
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