Tonneau cover striker assembly
AssigneeTectum Holdings, Inc.
InventorsChad Carter, Anthony Stubbs
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Abstract
An assembly for opening and closing a tonneau cover. The assembly having a plate; a latch in communication with the plate, the latch having a finger that is adapted to engage the tonneau cover; and a shaft that is connected to the plate at one end, and at another end, the shaft has a pin that is adapted to engage a slot defined in the latch. Application of a force on the plate in a first direction causes the plate to move in the first direction, which causes the latch to move in a second direction so that the tonneau cover is moved into a closed configuration. Removal of the force from the plate causes the plate to move in a third direction, which causes the latch to move in a fourth direction so that the tonneau cover is moved into an open configuration.
Claims20
An assembly for moving a tonneau cover, the assembly comprising:
- i) a plate;
- ii) a latch in communication with the plate, the latch is adapted to engage the tonneau cover;
- the latch comprises a slot;
- and
- iii) a shaft connected to the plate at one end, the shaft comprises a pin that is adapted to engage the slot;
- wherein movement of the plate in a first direction causes the pin to slide in the slot so that the latch moves the tonneau cover into an at least partially closed configuration.
An assembly for moving a tonneau cover, the assembly comprising:
- i) a plate;
- ii) a latch in communication with the plate, the latch comprises a housing having an opening and one or more slots, the latch comprises a finger that is adapted to engage the tonneau cover,
- iii) a shaft that is connected to the plate, the shaft comprises a pin that is adapted to engage the one or more slots, the shaft is received through the opening in the latch;
- and
- iv) a spring that is engaged by the shaft,
- wherein movement of the plate and the shaft in a first direction causes the pin to slide in the one or more slots so that the latch to moves the tonneau cover into an at least partially closed configuration,
- wherein during the movement of the shaft in the first direction the spring is compressed;
- and
- wherein uncompressing the spring causes the latch to move the tonneau cover into an at least partially open configuration.
An assembly comprising:
- i) a plate;
- and
- ii) a latch in communication with the plate, the latch is adapted to engage a tonneau cover,
- wherein movement of the plate in a first direction causes the latch to move in a second direction, which causes the tonneau cover to move, and
- wherein movement of the plate in a third direction causes the latch to move in a fourth direction, which causes the tonneau cover to move.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.