Bed cover assembly for pickup truck
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorHak-Lim Kim
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Abstract
A bed cover assembly for a pickup truck may include cover guides coupled to upper ends of both body sides of a pickup truck and having guide means such as a guide rail formed inward of the truck; a bed cover coupled between the cover guides to slide along the guide means; and rotary guide rail assemblies hinged to both body sides of the rear of the truck, wherein when the bed cover moves rearward, the rotary guide rail assemblies rotate upward about respective hinge axes thereof and the bed cover moves along guide means formed at the rotary guide rail assemblies.
Claims8
A bed cover assembly for a pickup truck, the pickup truck comprising a body defining two body sides, the bed cover assembly comprising:
- cover guides including a pair of first guide rails coupled to upper ends of both body sides of a pickup truck;
- a bed cover disposed between the pair of first guide rails and configured to slide along the pair of first guide rails;
- and
- rotary guide rail assemblies arranged to face to each other and each including a pair of second guide rails and hinged to both body sides of a rear of the truck,
- wherein when the bed cover moves rearward along the pair of first guide rails and the pair of second guide rails of the rotary guide rail assemblies, the rotary guide rail assemblies rotate upward about respective hinge axes thereof,
- wherein:
- each of the rotary guide rail assemblies includes an upper portion and a lower portion,
- the upper portion is a guide hinged to an associated one of both body sides of the rear of the truck, and
- the lower portion extends in a flat form from the guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.