Convertible bed cover for a vehicle
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsBrad L Pietryga, James C. Ostrand, Thomas A. Ebi, Wieslaw Stanislaw Zaydel
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Abstract
A vehicle body has a roof-enclosed passenger compartment and a rear cargo compartment. The cargo compartment has a cover and a tailgate to close the cargo compartment. The cover is movable along a pair of tracks from its closed position on the cargo compartment to a stowed position on top of the passenger compartment. The cover has an intermediate position above the cargo compartment which serves as a camper top and with the addition of zip-on side covers converts the vehicle body to a camper. The intermediate position of the cover in conjunction with the roof of the vehicle body also provides support for hauling long cargo.
Claims13
A vehicle body comprising a passenger compartment, a cargo compartment, and a midgate opening between the passenger compartment and the cargo compartment, a cargo cover selectively movable between a first position for covering the cargo compartment and a second position for uncovering the cargo compartment, and a transfer system for moving the cargo cover between the first and second positions, the transfer system including:
- a rail overlaying the passenger compartment at the second position and extending along the passenger compartment and the midgate opening to the cargo compartment at the first position;
- a hinge-guide member having a guide portion in a movably guideable relationship with the rail, and a hinge portion pivotally with a forward portion of the cargo cover;
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- an extendable strut having one end in a pivotal relationship to the vehicle body and another end in pivotally fixed relationship to a rearward portion of the cargo cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.