Cover for an open top receptacle
AssigneePioneer Consolidated Corporation
InventorEdward N. Haddad, Jr.
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Abstract
An open top receptacle cover apparatus is provided for completely covering an open top receptacle. The apparatus includes a cover having a main portion, a pair of descending side portions, and an end portion. The cover is stored on a roller mounted on a first end of the receptacle, and is extendable from the first end to a second end after being pulled off the roller. As the cover moves across the opening of the receptacle, a guide assembly mounted at the first end urges each descending side portion from a rolled condition to an extended condition that reaches partly down each of the two sides of the receptacle. The width of the cover in the rolled condition is generally equal to the width of the open top receptacle.
Claims26
An open top receptacle cover apparatus for covering an open top receptacle having a first end, a second end, and two sides, the apparatus comprising:
- a cover having a main portion and descending side portions, and extendable from said first end to said second end;
- a beam, connected to said main portion of said cover, for extending said cover from said first end to said second end;
- a driven pulley;
- an undriven pulley;
- a cable, connected to said beam, movably mounted on said driven pulley and said undriven pulley, and driven by said driven pulley so as to urge said beam towards said second end;
- a roller, mounted at said first end, for storing said cover in a rolled condition;
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- a guide assembly, mounted at said first end, for urging each said descending side portions between an extended condition extending partly down each of said two sides, and said rolled condition as said cover moves across said open top receptacle, wherein the width of said cover in said rolled condition is generally equal to the width of said open top receptacle.
An open top receptacle cover apparatus for covering an open top receptacle having a first end, a second end, and two sides, the apparatus comprising:
- a cover, extendable from said first end to said second end, having a main portion, descending side portions, and an end portion for extending partly down said second end, wherein said each descending side portion includes a hem and a pair of ropes sewn into said hem;
- a roller, mounted at said first end, for storing said cover in a rolled condition;
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- a guide assembly, mounted at said first end, for urging each of said descending side portions between an extended condition extending partly down each of said two sides, and said rolled condition as said cover moves across said open top receptacle,
- said guide assembly including a plurality of guide rollers that cooperate with each of said pair of ropes such that each guide roller slidably confines at least one member of said pair of ropes, and a guide tube shaped so as to place each of said guide rollers in a position to contribute to urging said descending side portion from said rolled condition to said extended condition,
- wherein the width of said cover in said rolled condition is generally equal to the width of said open top receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.