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US 6,598,930 B1Granted
Dual purpose truck bed cover
OwnerJames Tiltoninventor
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Abstract
A dual purpose truck bed cover includes a pair of door panels that are hinged respectively to the sidewalls of a truck bed. The panels are suitable for deployment into an upwardly raised position so as to extend the height of the cargo bed storage cavity of the truck. In such a raised position, stabilizing braces are provided for releasably supporting the panels in the upright, raised position. The door panels are alternately deployed into a closed position completely covering the storage cavity of the truck bed and a latch device is provided for releasably holding the door panels in the closed position.
Claims4
A truck bed cover comprising:
- a truck bed defined by a pair of spaced-apart parallel sidewalls and a pair of spaced-apart end panels establishing a storage cavity between said sidewalls and said end panels;
- a pair of cover panels, each having a selected edge marginal region hingeably connected to a selected one of said sidewalls respectively and a closure edge marginal region adapted to releasably engage and secure with an opposing closure edge marginal region to close said storage cavity;
- brace means adjustably mounted on a selected one of said end panels and interconnecting with each of said cover panels in an open position accessing said storage cavity;
- said brace means includes a fixture secured to said selected end panel;
- said fixture having an elongated horizontal slot;
- brace members having opposite ends with one end slidably disposed in said slot and another end pivotally attached to said each of said pair of cover panels respectively;
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- said brace members releasably retaining said cover panels in said open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.