US 4,060,273 AGranted

Vehicle body covering device

AssigneeGeorge Neville Truck Equipment Limited

InventorGeorge Edgar Neville

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Abstract

A covering device for an open topped vehicle container, the covering device being movable laterally of the container to one side to uncover the open top, the cover being preferably flexible and anchored along said side of the container so that the cover folds as the device uncovers the open top. In the preferred embodiment, the device has two pivoted parts which fold together as the device uncovers the open top.

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A vehicle body covering device for attachment to an open-top vehicle body, said device comprising:

a main frame, comprising first and second upstanding, longitudinally spaced, end walls and a longitudinally extending side member interconnecting said end walls at one side of said main frame, and defining an opening between said end walls and said side member through which the vehicle body can be loaded and unloaded;
means for mounting the main frame on the vehicle body so that said interconnecting side member is disposed along one side of the vehicle body;
a moveable support frame carried by said main frame and adapted to support a cover, said support frame comprising a pair of longitudinally spaced arms, means for mounting each arm adjacent a respective end wall for lateral movement in a path adjacent its respective end wall;
means for moving said pair of longitudinally spaced arms of said support frame in said path between a first, covering position wherein a cover supported by said support frame extends across the full width of the vehicle body and covers said opening and a second, uncovering position wherein said longitudinally spaced arms and said cover carried thereby are disposed adjacent to said interconnecting side member so as to uncover said opening;
said pair of longitudinally spaced arms of said support frame being positioned, in said covering position, with their outer ends adjacent the side of said main frame remote from said longitudinally extending side member and with their inner ends positioned, in said covering position, with their inner ends intermediate the sides of said main frame;
a longitudinal connecting member interconnecting the outer ends of said pair of longitudinally spaced arms and moveable therewith;
and a further longitudinal connecting member interconnecting said longitudinally spaced arms at a point intermediate the sides of said main frame and moveable therewith, said longitudinal connecting member and said further longitudinal connecting member being adapted to support a cover for said opening.

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Abstract

A vehicle body covering device for attachment to an open-top vehicle body, said device comprising:

a main frame, comprising first and second upstanding, longitudinally spaced, end walls and a longitudinally extending side member interconnecting said end walls at one side of said main frame, and defining an opening between said end walls and said side member through which the vehicle body can be loaded and unloaded;
means for mounting the main frame on the vehicle body so that said interconnecting side member is disposed along one side of the vehicle body;
a moveable support frame carried by said main frame and adapted to support a cover, said support frame comprising a pair of longitudinally spaced arms, means for mounting each arm adjacent a respective end wall for lateral movement in a path adjacent its respective end wall;
means for moving said pair of longitudinally spaced arms of said support frame in said path between a first, covering position wherein a cover supported by said support frame extends across the full width of the vehicle body and covers said opening and a second, uncovering position wherein said longitudinally spaced arms and said cover carried thereby are disposed adjacent to said interconnecting side member so as to uncover said opening;
said pair of longitudinally spaced arms of said support frame being positioned, in said covering position, with their outer ends adjacent the side of said main frame remote from said longitudinally extending side member and with their inner ends positioned, in said covering position, with their inner ends intermediate the sides of said main frame;
a longitudinal connecting member interconnecting the outer ends of said pair of longitudinally spaced arms and moveable therewith;
and a further longitudinal connecting member interconnecting said longitudinally spaced arms at a point intermediate the sides of said main frame and moveable therewith, said longitudinal connecting member and said further longitudinal connecting member being adapted to support a cover for said opening.

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