System for securing a truck bed cover
OwnerMark A. Wolf, Robert A. Wolfinventors
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Abstract
A system for securing a truck bed cover includes a pair of vertical side rails clamped to the bed railing of a pickup truck. A first one of a pair of horizontal side rails is attached along the front side of the truck bed and the second one of the pair of horizontal side rails is attachable via a latching mechanism along the rear. The cover is attached along respective front and rear edges to each of the horizontal side rails, and is attachable along respective side edges to the vertical side rails, preferably, using a hook-and-loop fastener. Tensioning devices are employed to keep the cover taut and even on both sides.
Claims13
A tensioning device for a Tonneau cover, comprising:
- from a horizontal side rail, an edge of the cover attached thereto, a fastener;
- on an end of a vertical side rail, the vertical side rail attached substantially perpendicularly to the horizontal side rail, a plurality of pin holes and a larger, longitudinally elongated hole formed therein;
- and
- between the horizontal side rail and an end portion of the vertical side rail, a plate having a hole and a pin on a bottom surface thereof;
- wherein
- the fastener extends from the horizontal side rail, passing through the hole in the plate and the longitudinally elongated hole in the end portion of the vertical side rail, secured on an opposing side of the end portion of the vertical side rail;
- and
- wherein
- the pin is fitted into a selected one of the plurality of pin holes.
A system for securing a cover to an exterior compartment of a motor vehicle, the exterior compartment situate in the rear of the motor vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of vertical side rails, the first one of the pair of vertical side rails attached along a driver side of the exterior compartment and the second one of the pair of side rails attached along a passenger side of the exterior compartment;
- a pair of horizontal side rails, the first one of the pair of horizontal side rails attached along the front side of the exterior compartment and the second one of the pair of horizontal side rails attachable along the rear side of the exterior compartment;
- the cover, attached along opposite edges to each of the horizontal side rails and attachable along opposite side edges to the vertical side rails, capable of covering the exterior compartment substantially entirely when attached;
- and
- a pair of tensioning devices, each of the tensioning devices structured and arranged to pull the cover in a particular direction by a selected degree;
- wherein the cover is attachable to each of the vertical side rails using a hook and fastening means.
A system for securing a cover to an exterior compartment of a motor vehicle, the exterior compartment situate in the rear of the motor vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of vertical side rails, the first one of the pair of vertical side rails attached along a driver side of the exterior compartment and the second one of the pair of side rails attached along a passenger side of the exterior compartment;
- a pair of horizontal side rails, the first one of the pair of horizontal side rails attached along the front side of the exterior compartment and the second one of the pair of horizontal side rails attachable along the rear side of the exterior compartment;
- the cover, attached along opposite edges to each of the horizontal side rails and attachable along opposite side edges to the vertical side rails, capable of covering the exterior compartment substantially entirely when attached;
- and
- a pair of tensioning devices, each of the tensioning devices structured and arranged to pull the cover in a particular direction by a selected degree;
- wherein the cover is attachable along an edge of the second one of the pair of horizontal side rails using a latching mechanism, the latching mechanism allowing the cover to be detached from the second one of the pair of horizontal side rails, the latching mechanism including a spring-loaded catch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.