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US 11,701,952 B2Granted
Truck bed closure
OwnerNicholas J. Singerinventor
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Abstract
A retractable truck bed closure is disclosed herein. The retractable truck bed closure comprises a pair of frames that extend across a truck bed between sidewalls of the truck bed. The closure may be moved between a stored configuration and an extended configuration along the pair of frames to open, and close, a portion of the truck bed, respectively. The frames may be attachable to the truck, or may be integrated into portions of the truck, such as the sidewalls of the truck bed or the rear of the cab of the truck.
Claims15
A retractable closure for a truck having a cab and truck bed, comprising:
- a front frame attachable to a front section of a first sidewall of the truck bed and a front section of a second sidewall of the truck bed, wherein the front frame comprises an upper front track;
- a rear frame attachable to a rear section of the first sidewall of the truck bed and a rear section of the second sidewall of the truck bed, wherein the rear frame comprises an upper rear track;
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- a single closure that is movable between a stored configuration and an extended configuration, wherein the closure encloses a portion of the truck bed between the first sidewall and the second sidewall when the closure is in the extended configuration, and wherein the closure is not disposed to enclose the truck bed between the first sidewall and the second sidewall when the closure is in the stored configuration.
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A retractable closure truck bed system, comprising:
- a truck having a cab defining a roof and a truck bed defining first and second sidewall and a tailgate;
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- a retractable closure, having:
- a front frame attachable to a front section of the first sidewall and a front section of the second sidewall;
- a rear frame attachable to a rear section of the first sidewall and a rear section of the second sidewall;
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- a single closure that is movable between an extended configuration and a stored configuration, wherein the single closure may be moved between the extended configuration that encloses the truck bed and the stored configuration that opens the truck bed along a length of the front frame and the rear frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.