Cover-attaching device for a truck, trailer or similar vehicle
OwnerSture B. R. Simmeinventor
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Abstract
A device for releasable attachment of a flexible cover to a flap or similar, preferably on a truck, trailer or similar. In order to eliminate problems of complexity, expense and functioning associated with earlier designs the device, in addition to a slightly modified flap section (1), consists of only two sections, preferably made of aluminum; a link section (2) and a locking section (3), the former pivoted at its lower end to the flap and the latter pivoted at its lower end to the former, by which arrangement the locking section can fasten the cover (4) against the flap section. Owing to the inherent resilience of the sections the pivot between the link section and the locking section may be snapped over a neutral line to bring about a secure locking of the device.
Claims8
A device for releasable attachment of a flexible part, such as a flexible cover, to a solid part, such as a flap, side wall or similar, particularly on a truck, trailer or similar vehicle, characterized by a link section having resilience pivotally attached to the flap by a first pivot, and a locking section having resilience, pivotally attached to a link section by a second pivot formed at its free upper end as to be capable of fastening the cover by engagement with a correspondingly formed rigid part of the flap, the total height of the link section and the locking section being insignificantly greater than the distance between the first pivot and said rigid part of the flap with the cover fastened and, owing to the inherent resilience of the sections, the second pivot being capable, with the cover fastened, of being made to snap across a line between the first pivot and said rigid part to a locking position wherein a flap mates into slots in the locking and link sections, and a flap ring is attached to the flap and, when the device is in the locked position, extends out through the mating slots in the link section and the locking section so as to be able to accommodate a sealing rope.
A device for releasably holding a flexible cover or the like against a fixed member by means of two removable parts, comprising in combination, a first part on the fixed member for receiving and holding therein a portion of the flexible cover and comprising two spaced pivot structure, one adapted to receive thereagainst the flexible cover, a second resiliently flexible link section part shorter than the spacing between the pivot structures adapted to removably pivotally mate with one of said spaced pivot structures and having a pivot element disposed intermediate the two spaced pivot structures, and a third resiliently flexible locking section part having thereon a set of spaced pivot members removably matable with said pivot element and the other one of said spaced pivot structures to form a longitudinal maximum length of the interengaged link and locking section parts between pivot structures matable with the two spaced pivot structures of the fixed member slightly longer than the distance therebetween for permitting the link and locking section parts to pivot about the intermediate pivot element between positions disengaged from and engaged with said other one of the spaced pivot structures and whereby the link and locking section parts snap into the engaged position wherein the link and locking section parts are resiliently compressed by said slightly longer distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.