Latching crossbar apparatus for truck bed covers
AssigneeDesign Automotive Group, Inc.
InventorDavid Tucker
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Abstract
A latching crossbar apparatus for supporting a flexible cover for a truckbed cover of the type employing rails which are affixed proximate or on the tops of the side walls of a pickup truck cargo box. The crossbar apparatus includes a latching mechanism for the facilitated installation and subsequent removal of the crossbars from the rails.
Claims10
An apparatus for supporting a cover for an open-topped vehicle enclosure having a plurality of side walls, each side wall including at least an outer wall and a top wall, the cover being of the type which is affixable to a plurality of rail members being mounted proximate the top walls of the side walls of the enclosure, the plurality of rails being affixed proximate the top walls of the side walls of the enclosure, the apparatus for supporting a cover comprising:
- at least one elongated crossbar member for supporting a portion of said cover, operably configured so as to substantially extend between two of the rail members and,
- biased retraction means, operably associated with the at least one elongated crossbar member, for selectively releasably attaching and detaching the at least one elongated crossbar member from the respective ones of the two rail members, so as to enable the at least one elongated crossbar member to be readily removed from its position between the two rail members;
- said retraction means including means for substantially securing and precluding inadvertent movement of said at least one crossbar member after attachment to the respective ones of the two rail members with or without said cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.