Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1978-06-28
1980-08-12
Love, John J.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
280433, B60J 710
Patent
active
042169909
ABSTRACT:
A waterproof truck bed cover for pick-up trucks having a fifth wheel attachment within the truck bed is disclosed comprising a rigid frame removably secured to the truck bed and extending between the bed walls to dwell approximately in the horizontal plane of the upper edges of the side wall with the frame having both rearwardly extending and transversely extending brace elements. Rigid panel elements are attached to the brace elements to cover the truck bed and the brace elements contain water drain channels or troughs therein connected to drain conduits having discharge ports located exterior to the truck bed so that water is effectively drained away from the truck bed cover through the drain channels, through the drain conduits and discharged remote from the truck bed. The panel elements cover the truck bed while the drain channels and drain conduits effectively run off the water to substantially waterproof the interior of the truck bed. The frame has an opening formed therein extending forwardly from the rearward end of the bed to the fifth wheel to allow connection of the king pin of a trailer to the fifth wheel. Panel members detachably secure to the frame to cover this opening when the trailer is not in use and these panel elements interlock with the brace elements to form a secure water tight covering that withstands the force of air flow during travel and prevents turbulence in the truck bed.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3336050 (1967-08-01), Dale
patent: 3649072 (1972-03-01), Cross
patent: 3936077 (1976-02-01), Bliek
Musgrove Donovon E.
Valintine Lyle D.
Vos Wilbur D.
Love John J.
Stack Norman L.
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