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US 4,273,377 AGranted
Tonneau cover apparatus for pickup truck vehicles
OwnerRonald R. Alexanderinventor
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Abstract
Tonneau cover apparatus for pickup trucks includes an elongated track secured to the sides of a pickup, with ribs or cross members extending across the bed of the pickup and secured to bearing guides movable on the track. An impervious tonneau cover is secured to the ribs and is movable therewith to cover the bed of the pickup.
Claims14
In a pickup truck having a cab, a bed extending rearwardly from the cab, two sides extending upwardly from the bed, and a tailgate remote from the cab, tonneau cover apparatus extending between the sides and from the cab to the tailgate, for covering the bed, comprising, in combination:
- track means secured to the sides of the pickup truck;
- bearing means disposed in the track means and movable therein;
- bracket means secured to the bearing means and movable therewith in the track means, and including
- plate means,
- a slot extending through the plate means,
- fastening means extending through the slot and secured to the bearing means for securing the bracket means to the bearing means for moving the bracket means and the bearing means in the track means and movable in the slot for providing axial, lateral, and vertical movement of the plate means of the bracket means relative to the bearing means;
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- cover means secured to the plate means and movable with the bracket means and the bearing means for selectively covering and uncovering the bed of the pickup truck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.