R angle with flat surface to increase the adhesive strength
AssigneeCixi City Liyuan Auto Parts Co., Ltd
InventorEnli Xu
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Abstract
Embodiments provide fastening slats for use in a flexible tonneau cover system for covering and sealing a bed of a pickup truck. The fastening slat may include a substantially flat elongated slat having a width and a thickness. The elongated slat may be insertable in a channel of a side rail of the flexible tonneau cover system. The fastening slat may also include a first fastening portion coupled with a substrate that is configured to wrap around at least a portion of the elongated slat such that at least a portion of the substrate contacts a bottom surface of the elongated slat. The first fastening portion may be coupleable to a second fastening portion of a flexible cover of the flexible tonneau cover system that is extendable over a bed of a pickup truck.
Claims20
A fastening system for use in a flexible tonneau cover system for covering and sealing a bed of a pickup truck, the fastening system comprising:
- a side rail arranged on an upper edge of a sidewall of the bed of the pickup truck;
- and
- a substantially flat elongated slat having a width and a thickness, the elongated slat being inserted in a channel of the side rail;
- and, wherein
- the elongated slat comprises a first fastening portion configured to be coupled with a substrate of a flexible cover that is extendable over a bed of a pickup truck, the substrate being configured to wrap around at least a portion of the elongated slat such that at least a portion of the substrate contacts a bottom surface of the elongated slat, and the first fastening portion of the elongated slate being coupleable to a second fastening portion arranged on the flexible cover, wherein the elongated slat being separate and distinct from the flexible cover.
A fastening system for use in a flexible tonneau cover system for covering and sealing a bed of a pickup truck, the fastening slat comprising:
- a side rail arranged on an upper edge of a sidewall of the bed of the pickup truck;
- and
- a substantially flat elongated slat, the elongated slat being inserted in a channel of the side rail;
- and, wherein
- the elongated slat comprises a first fastener having a fastening portion and a backing, the backing comprising one more wings configured to extend beyond an outer periphery of the fastening portion, wherein the first fastening portion is positioned over at least a portion of a top surface of the elongated slat and the one or more wings are wrapped around the elongated slat such that at least a portion of the one or more wings extends along at least a portion of a bottom surface of the elongated slat, the first fastening portion being coupleable to a second fastening portion arranged on the flexible cover, wherein the elongated slat being separate and distinct from the flexible cover.
A fastening system for use in a flexible tonneau cover system for covering and sealing a bed of a pickup truck, the fastening system comprising:
- a side rail arranged on an upper edge of a sidewall of the bed of the pickup truck;
- and
- a substantially flat elongated slat, the elongated slat being inserted in a channel of the side rail;
- and
- a flexible cover extendable over the bed of the pickup truck, the flexible cover having a sleeve configured to wrap around the elongated slat and to extend along at least a portion of a length of the elongated slat;
- and, wherein
- the elongated slat comprises a first fastening portion configured to be coupled with the sleeve, the first fastening portion being coupleable to a second fastening portion arranged on the flexible cover, wherein the elongated slat being separate and distinct from the flexible cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.