Releaseable hinge for truck bed cover

Details Releaseable hinge for truck bed cover Releaseable hinge for truck bed cover

2006-10-20

2008-01-29

Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Load cover

C016S382000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07322633

ABSTRACT:
A releasable hinge for attaching tonneau covers to the cargo compartment of pickup trucks. The hinge has a hinge mechanism fastened to the bottom or underside of the tonneau cover. A complementary locking tab is mounted to the cab end of the cargo compartment. The hinge mechanism has a plate with a locking tongue that is received in a locking channel in the locking tab to latch the tonneau cover to the cargo compartment. To remove the tonneau cover from the cargo compartment, the tonneau cover is raised above a predetermined angle which disengages the locking tongue from the locking channel. This allows the hinge to separate from the locking tab. Any gas struts are released from their mounting brackets and the tonneau cover can be removed from the cargo compartment.

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patent: 6382700 (2002-05-01), Young et al.
patent: 6427500 (2002-08-01), Weinerman et al.
patent: 6702360 (2004-03-01), Santos et al.

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