Fifth wheel adaptable tonneau cover for pickup
OwnerRobert M. Adams, Shirley R. Adamsinventors
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Abstract
An adaptable tonneau cover (28) for attaching to a pickup truck bed (22) that is equipped with a fifth wheel trailer hitch (26). The tonneau cover (28) is made of flexible sheet material (44) and is dimensioned to cover the pickup truck bed (22). An opening (50) in the sheet material (44) is positioned over fifth wheel trailer hitch (52) to allow coupling of fifth wheel trailer tongue (26) to fifth wheel trailer hitch (52). A flap (66) is attached to the sheet material (44) to cover the opening (50) when the fifth wheel trailer (24) is not attached.
Claims8
A fifth wheel adaptable tonneau cover for attaching to a pickup truck bed having a fifth wheel trailer hitch mounted therein, said tonneau cover comprising:
- a flexible sheet material dimensioned to cover said truck bed, said sheet material having an opening positioned over said trailer hitch;
- a flap formed from a flexible material having a bottom side that faces said truck bed, said flap being attached to said sheet material and configured to cover said opening;
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- a sleeve attached to said bottom side of said flap, said sleeve having a top side and a bottom side, where said bottom side of said sleeve is attached to said sheet material at said opening and said top side of said sleeve forms a sleeve opening, said sleeve having a fastener, said fastener constricting said sleeve opening.
A fifth wheel adaptable tonneau cover for attaching to a pickup truck bed having a fifth wheel trailer hitch mounted therein, said tonneau cover comprising:
- a flexible sheet material dimensioned to cover said truck bed, said sheet material having an opening positioned over said trailer hitch and having a cut that extends from said opening to an edge of said sheet material;
- a flap that covers said opening and is attached to said sheet material;
- a fastener attached to said sheet material proximate said cut to removably join together said sheet material at said cut;
- a flexible sleeve with a top side and a bottom side, where said bottom side is attached to said sheet material at said opening and said top side of said sleeve forms a sleeve opening having a fastener for selectively constricting said sleeve opening;
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- a fastener proximate to said sleeve top side for attaching to said flap so that said flap acts as a wind deflector when said sleeve is in use.
A fifth wheel adaptable tonneau cover for attaching to a pickup truck bed having a rear end and a fifth wheel trailer hitch mounted therein, said tonneau cover comprising:
- a flexible sheet material dimensioned to cover said truck bed, said sheet material having an opening positioned over said trailer hitch and having a rear edge which resides proximate said truck bed rear end;
- a flexible flap that selectively covers said opening and is attached to said sheet material, said flap having a bottom side which faces said truck bed;
- a sleeve having a bottom side and top side where said bottom side is attached to said sheet material at said opening, said sleeve being attached to said bottom side of said flap;
- a cut formed in said sheet material and said sleeve, said cut extending from said sheet material rear edge to said top side of said sleeve;
- a first fastener attached to said sheet material proximate said cut to removably join together said sheet material at said cut;
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- a second fastener attached to said sleeve proximate said cut to removably join together said sleeve at said cut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.