Roll up tonneau cover
OwnerMark Isler, Lawrence Saxoninventors
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Abstract
A tonneau cover assembly for use on sports trucks to cover the truck bed. The tonneau cover assembly allows for removable access to the truck bed without fully removing the cover from the truck. A multiple rail support and mounting frame is secured around the perimeter of the truck bed opening with a fabric cover releaseably secured along an upper portion of the frame's upstanding and fixed edges. An end rail secured to the cover is resiliently positioned between oppositely disposed spring urged assemblies on respective rails to stretch the cover in place and then to be secured by independent locking elements resiliently extending from the end rail.
Claims10
A cover assembly for use on a pick-up truck bed, said cover assembly comprising,
- a main support frame affixed about an opening defined by the truck bed,
- a fabric cover releaseably secured to said support frame,
- said support frame having a pair of oppositely disposed side rails on side walls of said truck bed,
- a front rail secured between said side rails and an end rail resiliently retained between the free ends of said side rails,
- a plurality of cross support ribs on said cover registerable with said respective side rails,
- means for attaching said cover to said respective front and end rails,
- self-adjusting resilient retaining assemblies on said respective side rails selectively engaged to said end rail,
- locking means slidably disposed on said end rail registerably engageable over portions of said respective side support rails,
- means for removably securing said cover along its oppositely disposed elongated edge surfaces with corresponding aligned surface of said respective side rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.