Vertically swingable camper shell

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1977-01-06

1978-07-18

Goodman, Philip

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Valance

52 66, 296100, 296 23MC, B60P 342

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041011627

ABSTRACT:
A specially constructed hinge, mounted within the open body of a light truck, pivotally supports a body-enclosing, box-type shell behind the truck cab for vertical swinging movement of the shell about an axis extending transversely of the truck adjacent the uppermost portion of the cab end of the shell whereby the shell may be swung selectively up or down to open or close the body without encountering interference between the shell and cab. The hinge comprises a pair of parallel, upright, laterally spaced plates each secured to a respective sidewall of the truck body and defining a pair of spaced, arcuate, non-concentric slots for captively retaining corresponding rollers carried by depending structure on said shell. An electric winch selectively retracts or releases cable and pulley assemblies associated with respective pairs of rollers for powered raising or lowering of the shell relative to the truck body.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3051523 (1962-08-01), Boyce-Smith
patent: 3506300 (1970-04-01), Remmert
patent: 3850470 (1974-11-01), Trelle

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