Truck container cover

For use on a truck bed on which can be positioned a container of various sizes, an apparatus for attachment to the truck bed for extending and retracting flexible cover sheet over said container, said apparatus comprising:

• a cover means including a flexible cover sheet having a size sufficient to cover the container and a roller means on which said flexible cover sheet may be rolled;
• a vertical support means mounted on the truck bed for supporting said cover means;
• a pair of arm members, each positioned on the side of the truck bed with the container therebetween, said arm member comprised of a base portion and an extension portion connected by a pivotal connection therebetween;
• said arm member connected on the end of the extension portion to said cover means and the end of the base portion provided with a pivotal aperture;
• a horizontal support means mounted on the truck bed for supporting said arm member and providing a mount for the pivotal aperture;
• first activating means mounted to said horizontal support means and said base portion of the arm member with the pivotal aperture mount spanned therebetween;
• second activating means mounted to the base portion and the extension portion of said arm member and spanning the pivotal connection therebetween;
• whereby said first and second activating means are capable of being selectively activated in order to control the movement of said arm member in extending or retracting said cover sheet over a pre-determined various sized open container.