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US 9,849,821 B1Granted
Folding/retractable pickup truck box cover
AssigneePeragon Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsHeath Copp, Joel Amiel Anderson
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AssigneePeragon Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsHeath Copp, Joel Amiel Anderson
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A retractable pickup truck box cover system includes a pivot joint with improved strength, durability, and manufacturability between panels of a panel assembly of the cover system. A sealing system between the panels and along ends of the panel assembly provides improved weather resistance to the cover system. A lateral support system provides resistance to binding loads when opening and closing the panel assembly. The lateral support system may also aid installation of the cover system. A ramp adjustment system allows fine tuning of the ramps that guide folding and unfolding of the panel assembly. An improved locking system and the pivot joints allow more compact storage of the panel assembly. The improved locking system includes lock rods that engage rails of the cover system. Connecting structures connect adjacent panel pairs when the cover system is deployed and do not connect the adjacent panels when the cover system is stowed. A seal of the sealing system includes angled and/or transvers ribs to support a bulb of the seal when pivotally scrubbing against the panels. The seal includes a plurality of interior portions that selectively compress and bulge between the panels. The seal includes a coating that may provide stiffness, wear resistance, hardness, and/or reduced friction. A clamping system allows installation of the cover system without drilling holes and includes built-in fixturing for locating clamps and thereby locating the cover system on the pickup truck box.
An extruded seal for a retractable cover system, the retractable cover system including a first panel and a second panel that are rotatably attached to each other along an axis, wherein movement of the retractable cover system between a covering configuration and a stowed configuration includes relative rotational movement between the first panel and the second panel about the axis, the extruded seal comprising:
The extruded seal of 1, wherein the top side extends beyond the sealing side to form a second radius covering portion.
A seal for a retractable pickup truck box cover system, the retractable pickup truck box cover system including a first panel and a second panel that are rotatably attached to each other along an axis, wherein movement of the retractable pickup truck box cover system between a covering configuration and a stowed configuration includes relative rotational movement between the first panel and the second panel about the axis, the seal comprising:
An extruded seal for a cover system, the cover system including a plurality of panels that are rotatably connected about substantially parallel axes defined by a plurality of joints of the cover system, the cover system configurable to a covering configuration and a stowed configuration, the extruded seal comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.