Tonneau cover with ramp system
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsRyan C. Harris, Scott Louis Frederick
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Abstract
A tonneau cover for a vehicle has a topside and an underside. The tonneau cover also includes a rail system attached to the underside. The tonneau cover also includes a ramp system. The ramp system is slidably engaged with the rail system and is configured to slide out from the underside along the rail system such that a rear end of the ramp system engages a ground surface to create a rampway between the topside and the ground surface. The ramp system can be used to load large cargo onto the topside of the tonneau cover. The ramp system is also removable from the rail system and attachable to an end of a truck bed of the vehicle such that the ramp system can be used to load cargo into the truck bed.
Claims12
A tonneau cover for a vehicle, comprising:
- a topside and an underside;
- a rail system attached to the underside;
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- a ramp system slidably engaged with the rail system, wherein the ramp system slides out from the underside along the rail system such that, when the ramp system is slid out from the underside, a front end of the ramp system is located above a tailgate opening of the vehicle, wherein the front end is detachable from the tonneau cover and attachable to the tailgate opening, and wherein a rear end of the ramp system engages a ground surface to create a rampway between the tailgate opening and the ground surface to enable a user to load cargo into a bed of the vehicle through the tailgate opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.