Tonneau cover
OwnerAlberto Melvaniinventor
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Abstract
A vehicular accessory for a bed of a pickup truck comprising a track system having rails incorporating grooves therein adapted to accept each side of a tonneau cover. A front end of the tonneau cover is adjacently received by a longitudinal lip extending across a forward end of the bed. Supportive ribs are attached and extend across the underbelly of the tonneau cover. A connective lock may be inserted into and through a tailgate to prevent outsiders from accessing contents held within the cavity of the pickup bed. A storage compartment is preferably attached to the tonneau cover, desirably underneath the tonneau cover, to secure and protect either smaller items or sensitive items susceptible to damage.
Claims26
A vehicular accessory for a bed of a pickup truck comprising:
- said bed having two opposing lateral sides, a tailgate end and a forward end peripherally defining a cavity therein;
- a track system comprising a rail having an incorporated lateral groove therein being mounted to an upper portion of each of said opposing sides of said bed by at least one fastener;
- a longitudinal lip attached to and running across said forward end of said bed;
- a tonneau cover having a front end, a rear end and two distal sides, each of said two sides are adapted to be received within said lateral grooves of said track system and said front end is capable of being accepted by said longitudinal lip;
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- supportive ribs being operatively attached underneath said tonneau cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.