Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover
Patent
1996-04-01
1999-02-09
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Load cover
296 3, B60P 702
Patent
active
058684530
ABSTRACT:
This invention provides a truckbed security system which includes a substantially-horizontal platform designed to cover the entire top opening of the cargo bed of a pickup truck, lockably, thereby providing security and protection to the contents within. The horizontal platform is strong and rigid enough to carry a heavy payload and is attached by hinge to the rear of the cargo bed allowing the platform's front end to be raised to a convenient height for providing access to the interior of the cargo bed and the contents within. To raise the platform, there is a hydraulic cylinder operated by an integral hydraulic power unit, powered by the battery of the pickup truck, and operator-controlled with a locking key switch. The top of the platform may be used to carry the payload which would normally be carried within the cargo bed. The platform, when raised hydraulically to a substantial angle, can serve as a dump bed with limited capacity.
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Pape Joseph D.
Stoneman Martin L.
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