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US 6,976,433 B1Granted
Slidable cover assembly for merchandise carrying vehicle platforms
OwnerDietmar Neumanninventor
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A slidable cover assembly for merchandise carrying vehicle platforms is described. The cover assembly comprises a pair of opposed end support frames and a plurality of intermediate frames, each having a top carriage for displacement on a central horizontal top center beam member secured to the platform. Each end support frame and intermediate frames have a top tapered roof truss structure and opposed depending side members. The side members have a side rail engaging carriage at a lower end thereof for displaceable support engagement with a side rail secured to opposed sides of the platform. A tarp is secured to the end support frames and intermediate frames and displaceable therewith from a collapsed condition to an extended condition. Tarp displacement mechanisms are provided to displace the tarp side walls outwardly of the intermediate frames when the frames are displaced closer to one another from the extended condition to the collapsed condition. The end support frames have a vertical connecting wing flange disposed vertically along at least a portion of the opposed depending side members and adapted to be detachably secured to a locking mechanism secured to stationary opposed bulk head frames of the platform.
A slidable cover assembly for merchandise carrying vehicle platforms, said assembly comprising a pair of opposed end support frames and a plurality of intermediate frames, each said frame having a top carriage for displacement on a central horizontal top rail member secured to a platform, each said end support frames and intermediate frames having a top tapered roof truss structure and opposed depending side members, said side members having a side rail engaging carriage at a lower end thereof for displaceable support engagement with a side rail secured to opposed sides of a truck, a tarp secured to said end support frames and intermediate frames and displaceable therewith from a collapsed condition to an extended condition, tarp displacement means to displace said tarp outwardly of said intermediate frames when displaced closer to one another from said extended condition to said collapsed condition, said end support frames having a vertical connecting flange means disposed vertically along at least a portion of said opposed depending side members at an outward end thereof and adapted to be detachably secured to a locking mechanism secured to stationary opposed bulk head frames of said platform.
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