Cover for open bed of pickup truck
OwnerJewell V. Lewisinventor
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Abstract
A removable assembly for covering the open bed of a pickup truck comprising a plurality of rigid cover panels of generally inverted U-shape adapted to straddle the truck side walls across the bed and close together in end-to-end abutting relationship, supported on a pair of spaced-apart support rails that fit into a pair of straight trucks muonted along the top of the truck bed side walls, a rain-collecting groove formed in each panel adapted to span under the abutment relationship with an adjacent panel, the forward most and rearward most panels being lockable with the rearward most panel having a downwardly sloping end wall that covers over the tail gate to lock the whole assembly together without regard to the operability of the tail gate lock.
Claims12
A removable assembly for covering the opened bed of a pickup truck defined by the cab rear wall, opposed side walls and tail gate, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of rigid cover panels of generally inverted U-shape adapted to straddle the truck side walls across the bed and close together in end-to-end abutting relationship, from a forward-most position adjacent the truck cab to a rearward most position adjacent the tail gate, each panel containing a pair of spaced-apart support rails;
- (b) a pair of straight tracks mounted in spaced-apart parallel relationship atop the truck side walls adapted to receive said cover panel support rail pairs in sliding relationship therewith for fore and aft movement along the length of the truck bed;
- (c) a rain water collecting groove formed in each said panel adapted to span the width thereof, across the truck bed and underlie a portion of one of the other said panels;
- (d) said forward-most panel adapted to pivot upward to allow entry into the front of the truck bed;
- (e) said rearward-most panel adapted to engage the top of the tail gate in locking relationship therewith;
- and,
- (f) means, engageable with said straight tracks, to lock said assembly and the tail gate in secure position from atop said panels independent of the security mechanism of the tail gate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.