Re-configurable cargo cover
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsKevin M. Fisher, David W. Cummings, James R. Chesnick
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Abstract
A re-configurable cargo cover for a bed of a vehicle includes a door adapted to be disposed in a door opening of a vehicle body. The re-configurable cargo cover includes a plurality of individual panels operatively cooperating with each other and a bed of a vehicle. The re-configurable cargo cover includes a pair of interior sides operatively connected to sides of the bed of the vehicle. The re-configurable cargo cover further includes the panels and the sides having features cooperating with each other to re-configure the panels into a plurality of different configurations for a cargo area of the bed of the vehicle.
Claims11
A re-configurable cargo cover for a bed of a pick-up truck comprising:
- first, second and third panels operatively cooperating with each other and a bed of a vehicle;
- a pair of storage boxes having interior sides and being connected to sides of the bed of the vehicle;
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- said panels and said interior sides having molded-in features cooperating with each other to re-configure said panels into a plurality of different configurations for a cargo area of the bed of the vehicle including a first configuration wherein the plurality of individual panels cooperate to substantially cover the cargo area and including a second configuration wherein the plurality of individual panels are stowed wherein the first panel second and third panels are stowed outside the pair of storage boxes against the interior sides.
A cargo cover for a vehicle comprising:
- a first panel having a first lateral end and a second lateral end;
- a second panel having a third lateral end and a fourth lateral end;
- a third panel having a fifth lateral end and a sixth lateral end;
- wherein the vehicle includes a bed with a cargo area having interior sides with H-shaped recesses, wherein the second and third panels have projections that are receivable in the H-shaped recesses to stow the second and third panels against the interior sides, and wherein the first, second and third panels are configurable with the first, third and fifth lateral ends at one interior side and the second, fourth and sixth lateral ends at the other interior side to cover the cargo area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.