Rail Mounted Retractable Cover; Pivotable Retractable Bed Cover for a Pickup Truck; Tiltable Retractable Bed Cover for a Pickup Truck; Post-Mounted Retractable Cover; Track Mounted Retractable Cover; Magnetically Actuated Retractable Cover; and Retractable Bed Cover and Rear Window Protector for a Pickup Truck
AssigneeAdaptive Aerodynamic, LLC
InventorThomas Scott BREIDENBACH
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Abstract
The presently claimed and described technology provides apparatuses including a rail mounted retractable cover, a tiltable retractable bed cover for a pickup truck, a post-mounted retractable cover, a track mounted retractable cover, a magnetically actuated retractable cover, and a retractable bed cover and rear window protector for a pickup truck. The cover may be driven between a deployed (extended) configuration, a retracted (stowed) configuration, and a tilted configuration.
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A cover arrangement for a vehicle, the cover arrangement comprising:
- a plurality of panels adapted to be assembled into a retractable cover assembly, the retractable cover assembly adapted to extend to a panels extended configuration and adapted to retract to a panels retracted configuration;
- at least one pivotal mount;
- at least one track;
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- at least one releasable retainer adapted to releasably retain at least one panel of the plurality of panels to the at least one track at least when the retractable cover assembly is reconfigured between the panels extended configuration and the panels retracted configuration;
- wherein a first panel of the plurality of panels is adapted to mount to the at least one pivotal mount and is thereby adapted to, at least in part, reconfigure the retractable cover assembly between the panels retracted configuration and a panels pivoted configuration;
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- wherein the at least one releasable retainer is adapted to release the at least one panel of the plurality of panels from the at least one track at least when the retractable cover assembly is reconfigured from the panels retracted configuration to the panels pivoted configuration.
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A cover arrangement for a vehicle, the cover arrangement comprising:
- a retractable cover assembly including a plurality of panels, the retractable cover assembly adapted to extend to an extended length between a first end and a second end of the retractable cover assembly and thereby to a panels extended configuration and adapted to retract to a retracted length between the first end and the second end and thereby to a panels retracted configuration;
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- a coordination group including a plurality of cross members and at least one interconnect adapted to connect at least one corresponding interconnected pair of cross members of the plurality of cross members;
- wherein the at least one interconnect is adapted to maintain a relative orientation between the at least one corresponding interconnected pair of cross members at least when the retractable cover assembly moves between the panels extended configuration and the panels retracted configuration.
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A cover arrangement for a box of a pickup truck, the cover arrangement comprising:
- a cover;
- a post mount arrangement including a pair of mounting posts and a pair of corresponding mounting post receivers adapted to respectively releasably receive the pair of mounting posts and thereby, at least in part, releasably secure the cover to the pickup truck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.