Tonneau cover hidden snap system
OwnerHang Shi, Hongjuan Zhenginventors
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Abstract
A tonneau cover system for a pickup truck cargo bed incorporates a series of hidden collapsible snap heads used to retain the tonneau cover to an internal frame work which serves to secure the covering system to the cargo bed. These hidden snap heads are covered by the fabric covering of the cover and sewn to the underside of the covering fabric. The hidden snaps are received by a longitudinal hollowed cavities located within the outward rails of the internal frame work. By working in tandem the rails and cover provide slid-ability for accessing stowed cargo.
Claims19
A tonneau cover system for a pickup truck cargo bed comprising:
- an internal frame work comprising at least one of a fore, an aft and a side rail;
- said at least one rail having incorporated into said rail an internal longitudinal cavity spanning at least a portion of the length of the rail;
- wherein the entry into the internal longitudinal cavity is comprised of a series of circular openings;
- a cover comprising at least an integrated snap head;
- said snap head being collapsible from an original diameter larger than said circular opening to a smaller size permitting entry of said snap head through said circular opening and into said longitudinal cavity, and wherein said snap head is capable of recovery of the snap head to a size larger than said circular opening once the snap head is in said longitudinal cavity;
- whereby said snap head is retained within said longitudinal cavity.
A tonneau cover system for a pickup truck cargo bed comprising:
- an internal frame work comprising a fore, an aft and a pair of side rails;
- said rails each comprising an internal longitudinal cavity;
- wherein an entry into each of the internal longitudinal cavities is comprised of a series of circular openings;
- a cover comprising a series of collapsible integrated snap heads;
- each of said snap heads being collapsible from an original diameter larger than said circular opening to a smaller size permitting entry of said snap head through said circular opening and into a respective longitudinal cavity in each of said rails, and wherein said snap head is capable of recovery of the snap head to a size larger than said circular opening once the snap head is in said longitudinal cavity;
- whereby said snap heads are retained within said longitudinal cavities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.