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US 11,987,109 B1Granted
Truck cap with fully opening roof doors
OwnerVincent Hacklerinventor
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Abstract
Invention is an improved vehicle cover typically used as a truck cap with roof doors that can fully expose cargo bed while the roof doors remain attached to the truck cap. The embodiment generally consists of two roof doors that meet in a substantially central location on the top of the truck cap, resting on or near the front and rear support beams. In addition, the embodiment maintains rack and truck cap side panel functionalities for windows or tool storage boxes.
Claims17
A truck cap or vehicle cover:
- a. consisting of roof cap doors configured to provide full open access to a cargo bed, the truck cap or vehicle cover comprising mechanisms that permit
- b. said roof cap doors to remain attached to the truck cap in a position substantially parallel to truck cap side panels and configured to maintain storage and multiple side panel exterior functionality including the full open access to the the cargo bed while the roof cap doors remain attached to the truck cap;
- a top support beam;
- and
- a track built into or attached to the top support beam, wherein the roof cap doors are slidingly engaged along the track and along an exterior of a corresponding side panel of the truck cap so said roof doors are substantially parallel to the exterior of the truck cap side panels.
2 more elements
A truck cap or vehicle cover, comprising:
- roof cap doors configured to provide full open access to a cargo bed;
- mechanisms attached to the roof cap doors that permit the roof cap doors to remain attached to the truck cap in a position substantially parallel to truck cap side panels and configured to maintain storage rack and multiple side panel exterior functionality including the full open access to the cargo bed while the roof cap doors remain attached to the truck cap;
- a top support beam;
- and
- a track built into or attached to the top support beam, wherein the roof cap doors are slidingly engaged along the track and along an exterior of a corresponding side panel of the truck cap so said roof doors are substantially parallel to the exterior of the truck cap side panels.
2 more elements
A truck cap or vehicle cover, comprising:
- roof cap doors configured to provide full open access to a cargo bed,
- mechanisms attached to the roof cap doors that permit the roof cap doors to remain attached to the truck cap in a position substantially parallel to truck cap side panels and configured to maintain storage rack and multiple side panel exterior functionality including the full open access to the cargo bed while the roof cap doors remain attached to the truck cap,
- top support beams, side support members, and a track built into or attached to the top support beams, wherein the roof cap doors are slidingly engaged along the track and along the side support members so the roof doors are substantially parallel to an interior of the truck cap side panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.