Vehicle canopy system
OwnerBryan G. Fowlerinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle canopy system for providing a removable canopy and roll bar system for safety and cover of a vehicle bed. The vehicle canopy system includes a roll bar assembly adapted for mounting to a bed of a pickup truck, a canopy member that is removably couplable to said roll bar assembly and adapted for resting on a top edge of side walls of a vehicle, and a pair of elastomeric members that are positionable between the canopy member and the top edge of the side walls. The elastomeric members are for restricting the flow of air and moisture between the top edge of the side walls and the canopy member when the canopy member is positioned on the top edge of the side walls of the vehicle.
Claims12
A vehicle canopy system comprising:
- a vehicle, said vehicle having a bed portion, said bed portion having a floor, a front wall, and a pair of side walls;
- a roll bar assembly, said roll bar assembly being adapted for mounting to a bed of a pickup truck;
- a canopy member, said canopy member being removably couplable to said roll bar assembly, said canopy member being adapted for resting on a top edge of said side walls of said vehicle;
- a pair of elastomeric members, said elastomeric members being positionable between said canopy member and said top edge of said side walls, said elastomeric members being for restricting the flow of air and moisture between said top edge of said side walls and said canopy member when said canopy member is positioned on said top edge;
- said roll bar assembly having a pair of upright members each having a first portion, a medial portion, and a second portion, said upright members having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough and being located in said first and medial portions;
- each of said upright members being positioned adjacent a corner formed by an abutment of an associated side wall and said front wall;
- said side walls having a plurality of side wall apertures, each of said plurality of side wall apertures being substantially aligned with an associate one of said apertures of said upright members;
- a plurality of connecting members, each of said plurality of connecting members being insertable through an associated aperture and an associated side wall aperture for coupling said roll bar assembly to said bed portion of said vehicle;
- said first portion having a first portion bottom end and a first portion top end, said first portion bottom end abutting said floor of said bed portion when said upright members being coupled to said side walls;
- said apertures of said first portion each being for receiving an associated one of said plurality of coupling members;
- said medial portion having a first end and a second end, said medial portion first end being integrally coupled to said first portion top end, said medial portion being positioned such that a longitudinal axis of said medial portion being substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said first portion;
- said medial portion being for resting upon said top edge of said side walls, one said aperture in said medial portion being for receiving an associated one of said plurality of connecting members;
- said second end of said medial portion being integrally coupled to a first end of said second portion, said second portion being positioned such that a longitudinal axis of said second portion being substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said medial portion and said longitudinal axis of said second portion being substantially parallel with said longitudinal axis of said first portion.
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