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US 8,540,302 B2Granted
Adjustable length truck bed cover with removable side panels and method of installation and removal
OwnerArthur W. Lenz, Jr.inventor
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A cover assembly and a method of covering a cargo bed for a truck having a separate cab uses a raised structure with removable side panels, constructed and arranged in sections of successively smaller width and height dimensions, the cover sections being slideably mounted within grooves on side rails that are secured to the sides of the cargo bed so that the smaller sections can be either extended, with the smallest section is toward the rear of the cargo bed or retracted into the largest section, and locking pins are provided to secure the cover sections in the desired locations, the method of installation and removal being to install the cover sections in order of size with the smallest sections installed first and the largest sections removed first.
A cover assembly for a cargo bed for a truck having a separate cab, the bed having a front end adjacent to the truck cab and an opposite, tail gate end and two parallel side walls extending from end to end on the sides of the cargo bed, the cover assembly comprising a plurality of top cover sections of similar lengths and successively smaller height and width dimensions, each top cover section having a rectangular horizontal top having a first, forward end, a second, rearward end and two parallel vertical sides extending between the first end and the second end, the sides of the smallest top cover section being separated by the width of the horizontal top of about at least about the same distance as the separation of the cargo bed side walls and having a minimal height, a rail member secured to each of the truck bed sidewalls, at least as many cover support members as there are top cover section sides, each cover support member being secured to a top cover section side and slidably mounted on a rail member.
A method of installing a cargo bed cover comprising assembling a plurality of cover sections of about equal length and of successively smaller and minimal height and width dimensions, each cover section comprising a top having two parallel sides, and two support members removably secured along each one of two parallel sides, and two rail members having means to be secured to each side of a truck bed sidewall top and comprising a number of grooves on an upper surface, sized and shaped to receive the cover section support members, securing the rail members to the side walls of a truck cargo bed with the grooves facing upward, then installing the smallest cover section by inserting the support members into the grooves and sliding the cover section toward the front of the bed, then repeating the foregoing step installing each successively larger cover section in turn, and then securing the cover sections in place.
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