Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roll-up covers
Patent
1996-03-25
1997-08-12
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roll-up covers
296100, B60P 702
Patent
active
056558074
ABSTRACT:
A cover for the bed of a pickup truck with an associated roll-up housing adapted for use in association with a truck having a cab and a truck bed. The truck bed has two side walls, a tailgate and a rear wall. The apparatus further comprises a flexible cover having long parallel side edges and short front and rear edges. A container has an elongated cylindrical central extent and concentric end caps thereover. The end caps are formed with a continuous slot for the passage of the cover therethrough. The container is coupled to the rear wall of the truck and has a central spool rotatably coupled within the end caps. The rear edge of the cover is coupled to the spool. The cover is positionable in a wound orientation around the spool and an extended orientation over the bed of a pickup truck. A support assembly includes two semicircular shaped bars coupled to the side walls of the truck.
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