Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Auxiliary article compartments
Patent
1994-06-23
1996-12-17
Hoge, Gary C.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Auxiliary article compartments
B60R 702
Patent
active
055845231
ABSTRACT:
A tonneau cover assembly, such as for a compartment at the rear end of a vehicle includes a housing which has an opening in one side and a rotatable spool therein. A tonneau cover, i.e. a cover, extends through the opening, is secured to the spool, and wound on the spool such that the tonneau cover is movable between a fully extended position and a fully retracted position wherein the tonneau cover is fully wound onto the spool. A torsion spring biases the tonneau cover towards the fully retracted position. The tonneau cover includes a generally rigid flap attached at an outer end of the tonneau cover which has a handle thereon. Two stop members are attached to at opposite sides of the flap, and they are sized to prevent the flap from fully entering the opening and winding onto the spool. Each stop member has a wedge-shaped section which narrows in an inward direction towards the housing such that the stop member is wedged into the opening so as to inhibit the flap from vertically oscillating within the opening. The stop members also include projections for securing the stop members to supports to hold the tonneau cover in an extended position.
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Hoge Gary C.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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