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US 12,214,649 B2Granted
Telescoping truck bed shell
OwnerNicholas J. Singerinventor
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Abstract
A telescoping truck bed shell is disclosed herein. The truck bed shell is capable of being retracted so that the user can have full access to the truck bed and also extended so that the user can have a protected volume at the truck bed in order to store things. The telescoping truck bed has traversable frames and a traversable cover wherein the frames and cover may be traversed between extended and retracted positions depending on whether the truck bed shell is being deployed or stored.
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A truck with a collapsible shell, the truck comprising:
- the truck having a cab defining a roof and a truck bed defining first and second sides, the collapsible shell having:
- a plurality of first frames telescoping with respect to each other, the plurality of first frames being mounted to the first side, the plurality of first frames being traversable between a stored position wherein the plurality of first frames are retracted with respect to each other and a deployed position wherein the plurality of first frames are extended out with respect to each other;
- a plurality of second frames telescoping with respect to each other, the plurality of second frames being mounted to the second side, the plurality of second frames being traversable between a stored position wherein the plurality of second frames are retracted to each other and a deployed position wherein the plurality of second frames are extended out with each other;
- a cover that is traversable between a stored position and an extended position wherein in the stored position, the cover is disposed away from the truck bed and in the extended position, the cover is engaged to the plurality of first and second frames to form an enclosed space at the bed of the truck;
- wherein the cover is traversable to the stored position independent from the position of the first and second frames so that the cover is traversable to the stored position when the first and second frames are traversed to the deployed position.
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A collapsible shell attachable to a truck, the collapsible shell comprising:
- a plurality of first frames telescoping with respect to each other, the plurality of first frames being mountable to a first side of a bed of the truck, the plurality of first frames being traversable between a stored position wherein the plurality of first frames are retracted with respect to each other and a deployed position wherein the plurality of second frames are extended out with respect to each other;
- a plurality of second frames telescoping with respect to each other, the plurality of second frames being mountable to a second side of the bed of the truck, the plurality of second frames being traversable between a stored position wherein the plurality of second frames are retracted with respect to each other and a deployed position wherein the plurality of second frames are extended out with respect to each other;
- a cover that is traversable between a stored position and an extended position wherein in the stored position and during use, the cover is disposed away from the truck bed and in the extended position, the cover is engagable to the plurality of first and second frames to form an enclosed space at the bed of the truck;
- wherein the cover is traversable to the stored position independent from the position of the first and second frames so that the cover is traversable to the stored position when the first and second frames are traversed to the deployed position.
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A truck comprising:
- a cab having a roof;
- a truck bed coupled to the cab, the truck bed having first and second sides;
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- a collapsible shell having:
- a plurality of first frames moveable with respect to each other, the plurality of first frames being mounted to the first side, the plurality of first frames being traversable between a stored position, wherein the plurality of first frames are retracted with respect to each other, and a deployed position wherein the plurality of first frames are extended out with respect to each other;
- a plurality of second frames moveable with respect to each other, the plurality of second frames being mounted to the second side, the plurality of second frames being traversable separately from the plurality of first frames between a stored position, wherein the plurality of second frames are retracted to each other, and a deployed position wherein the plurality of second frames are extended out with each other;
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- a cover traversable between a stored position and an extended position, the cover engaged to the plurality of first and second frames when the cover is in the extended position:
- wherein the cover is traversable to the stored position independent from the position of the first and second frames so that the cover is traversable to the stored position when the first and second frames are traversed to the deployed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.