US 12,759,470 B2Granted

Cargo cover system

OwnerMarty Williamsinventor

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Abstract

A cargo cover system for use with and connectable to a cargo carrier having at least a first mounting member and a second mounting member, comprising a cargo cover frame and a cargo carrier cover, the cargo cover frame having elongated first and second side support members, each side support member having first and second ends, a first and second angles forming a middle portion between the two ends, a receiver hole located between the two angles in the middle portion, a side mounting member connecting apparatus and a side locator insertable into the corresponding cargo carrier mounting member, and a fastener insertable through the receiver hole and the side locator and is releasably affixable to the side mounting member connecting apparatus, a first side upper support member, a first side lower support member, a second side upper support member, and a second side lower support member.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A cargo cover system for use with and connectable to a cargo carrier where the cargo carrier has at least a first mounting member and a second mounting member, the cargo cover system comprising:

a cargo cover frame having:
an elongated first side support member having:
a first side support member first end;
a first side support member second end;
a first side support member first angle;
a first side support member second angle;
where
the first and second angles form a first side support member middle portion between the first side support member first end and the first side support member second end;
a first side support member receiver hole located between the two angles in the first side support member middle portion;
a first side mounting member connecting apparatus, insertable into the cargo carrier first mounting member;
a first side locator, insertable into the cargo carrier first mounting member;
and
a first fastener, where the first fastener is insertable through the first side support member receiver hole and the first side locator and is releasably affixable to the first side mounting member connecting apparatus;
a first side upper support member perpendicularly connectable to the first side support member first end;
a first side lower support member perpendicularly connectable to the first side support member second end;
an elongated second side support member having:
a second side support member first end;
a second side support member second end;
a second side support member first angle;
a second side support member second angle;
where the first and second angles form a second side support member middle portion between the second side support member first end and the second side support member second end;
a second side support member receiver hole located between the two angles in the second side support member middle portion;
a second side mounting member connecting apparatus, insertable into the cargo carrier second mounting member;
a second side locator, insertable into the cargo carrier second mounting member;
and
a second fastener, where the second fastener is insertable through the second side support member receiver hole and the second side locator, and is releasably affixable to the second side mounting member connecting apparatus;
a second side upper support member perpendicularly connectable to the second side support member first end;
and
a second side lower support member perpendicularly connectable to the second side support member second end;
and
a cargo carrier cover that covers the cargo cover frame.

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A method of building a cargo cover system having a cargo carrier cover and a cargo cover frame, where the cargo cover frame is comprised of a first side support member having a first end, a second end, a first angle, a second angle, a middle portion with a receiver hole, a first side mounting member connecting apparatus, a first side locator, and a first fastener, a first side upper support member, a first side lower support member, a second side support member having a first end, a second end, a first angle, a second angle, a middle portion with a receiver hole, a second side mounting member connecting apparatus, a second side locator, and a second fastener, a second side upper support member, and a second side lower support member, on a cargo carrier having a first mounting member and a second mounting member, the method of building the cargo carrier cover system comprising the steps of:

inserting the cargo carrier through a bottom of the cargo carrier cover;
inserting the first side mounting member connecting apparatus into the first mounting member of the cargo carrier;
inserting the first side locator into the first mounting member of the cargo carrier;
inserting the first fastener into the receiver hole of the middle portion of the first side support member and into the first side locator and the first side mounting member connecting apparatus within the first mounting member of the cargo carrier;
affixing the first side support member to the first mounting member of the cargo carrier via the first fastener;
inserting the second side mounting member connecting apparatus into the second mounting member of the cargo carrier;
inserting the second side locator into the second mounting member of the cargo carrier;
inserting the second fastener into the receiver hole of the middle portion of the second side support member and into the second side locator and the second side mounting member connecting apparatus within the second mounting member of the cargo carrier;
affixing the second side support member to the second mounting member of the cargo carrier via the second fastener;
connecting the first side lower support member and the first side upper support member to the first side support member and connecting the second side lower support member and the second side upper support member to the second side support member;
and
covering the cargo cover frame with the cargo carrier cover.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/829,117Filed 9 Sep 2024 · us provisional application
Priority: 8 Sep 2023
Published: US 2025/0083614 A113 Mar 2025
Granted: 13 Oct 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

B60R 9/10
Specially adapted for sports gear: for cycles
B60R 9/06
Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like: at vehicle front or rear
B60R 9/065
At vehicle front or rear: enclosure-type carriers, e.g. trunks
B62J 19/00
Parking covers for cycles