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US 3,986,749 AGranted
Truck body cover employing accessible roller bracket assembly
OwnerVirginia J. Hull, Darwin L. Hullinventors
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Abstract
A cover for a truck body of a type including two substantially parallel sides includes two brackets each fixed to one side adjacent the upper edge thereof, each bracket including a substantially flat surface extending normal to the corresponding one of the sides and outward therefrom. A plurality of U-shaped support rods are positioned over the sides and include a roller bearing rotatably supported on the surface such that a cover carried by the rods is movable back and forth across the truck body.
Claims6
A cover for a truck body of the type including two substantially parallel sides, said cover comprising:
- two brackets, each fixed to one of said sides adjacent the upper edge thereof, each said bracket including a substantially flat surface extending normal to the corresponding one of said sides and outward therefrom;
- a plurality of support rods movably positioned over said sides, each said rod including a U-shaped bend near each extremity thereof, such that said bend extends outward away from said side and bends back towards said side and then towards said surface;
- a plurality of bearing means, each coupled to one of said rods at the extremity near said bend, said bearing means carried by said flat surface;
- a cover positioned between the upper edge of said two sides and movably supported by said rods, with said cover comprising a plurality of slats, each slat coupled to hinges and said rods are attached to said hinges at the corresponding one of said bends;
- an enclosure at the forward end of said truck body;
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- means for drawing said slats into said enclosure and folding said slats on one another.
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