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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8075041 | Device for quick mounting of a truck top or equipment on an utility vehicle An improved device for attaching a truck top or appliance fitted with an angle on its base, which rests on a profile attached to the top of the side walls of the vehicle bed and standby parts for coupling to accessories to be used, thus making possible the installat... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070210 | Truck bed enclosure A positionable truck bed enclosure may be mounted on the gunwales of a pickup truck. The enclosure may comprise side panels mountable on the gunwales and a top hinged along one edge and mounted between the side panels. The top may be hinged intermediate its ends to ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7854465 | Tarp enclosure system A retractable tarpaulin cover system includes a tarp cover, plural spaced substantially U-shaped bows supporting and connected to the tarp cover, movable carriages operably connected to lower ends of each bow, a tensioning mechanism which moves an end one of said bo... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7726720 | Trailer cover system A unit for returning a cover of a trailer comprising a first portion, a cord, and a spring. The spring is connected to the first portion. The cord having first and second ends, the first end of the cord being connectable to the first portion, the second end of the c... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7695047 | Multi-mode load bed cover for automotive vehicle A multi-mode load bed cover for an automotive vehicle includes first and second cover sectors which are deployable laterally from within a housing associated with a bodyside of a load bed. ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7350846 | Tarpaulin system for covering an open-topped container A tarpaulin system for covering an open top container typically mounted on a truck includes a four-bar linkage wherein one of the bars is extendable and typically a first linear actuator. A tarpaulin is windingly mounted on the linkage and a second actuator is conne... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7325855 | Uplift bow for a retractable tarping system A bow structure for supporting a flexible cover or tarpaulin includes an intermediate bow and an uplift bow arrangement supported on the intermediate bow. The uplift bow arrangement includes a U-shaped bow supported on compression springs. The compression springs bi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316445 | Attachment structure for tonneau cover for pickup truck An attachment structure for a tonneau cover, formed in an approximately tabular shape, for a pickup truck with a bed extending from a rear end of a vehicle to a rear pillar portion, comprises a bed rail as an elongated support member on which the tonneau cover for t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314244 | Apparatus and method for positioning a tarpaulin A system for positioning a tarpaulin on a flatbed is provided. According to one embodiment, the system comprises a lifting device and a tarpaulin positioning apparatus structured to be attached to the lifting device. The lifting device is structured to lift at least... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7296842 | Lock mechanism for container covering apparatus An apparatus for covering a top of an open container is provided that includes a cover, an arm assembly, and a lock mechanism. The arm assembly can move between a stowed position in which the container top is substantially open to an extended position in which the c... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7275780 | Dual tarp cover system A cover system for an open-topped container includes two covers that are individually and separately deployable over the open top of the container body. The covers may be fabricated from different material and may be deployed using different deployment mechanism. | 10/02/2007 |
| 7246838 | Trailer cover system A wall section is disclosed for a trailer. The wall section comprises a male end and a female end. The male end includes a central recess having at least one protrusion on each side of the central recess, the protrusions defining respective lateral recesses. The fem... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246839 | Hard tonneau cover with carrying rack A hard tonneau cover with a carrying rack (10) for enclosing a pick-up truck bed (24) consists of a roadside frame (20) and a curbside frame (22) with each frame hinged to a side wall of the pick-up truck bed. Each frame includes a top pa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7229121 | Vehicle cover There is a tonneau or covering device for covering an open storage portion of a vehicle. The tonneau includes a cover, a cord, and/or a plurality of couplers, such as but not limited to hooks. The cord is disposed circumferentially about the cover and coupled theret... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210657 | Clamp holder for a support structure A clamp holder to be suspended in an opening of vertical. The clamp holder includes a cantilever beam, a pillar, and a clamp slider. The cantilever beam is vertically at the beam end on an upper end of the pillar, on the back of the pillar. A beam extension is angle... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195131 | Drum closure A drum closure which establishes a connection between the body of a drum and lid, wherein the connection will prevent separation of the lid from the body under severe loading conditions such as dropping the drum from a height of thirty (30) feet. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175224 | Canopy housing The invention may be embodied as a cart canopy housing having a canopy storage portion, a roof engaging portion and a side panel portion extending from the roof engaging portion and from the canopy storage portion so as to enable partial concealment of a roof suppor... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7150591 | Truck organizer A truck bed organizer comprising two base sides, a rear base end, and a front cab base end. Each base side has a base side rod and two base side legs ending in base side feet. The rear base end has a rear base end rod and two rear base end legs ending in rear base e... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150494 | Flat section of the outer skin of the bodywork of a motor vehicle An at least partially moveable motor-vehicle outer skin is already known per se. An actuator formed of a polymer and/or ion-exchanging and/or other material exhibiting various conformations is provided so that the outer skin can be moved. This material is moveable a... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7128355 | Side access truck rack and system The present invention is a side access hinging truck bed rack. The device pertains primarily to a pickup truck bed rack that allows for easy loading, unloading, and securing of cargo at shoulder level through a rotating hinge mechanism. In the present invention a pa... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118157 | Bolt-on tarping system A bolt-on covering system kit for a transport container on a vehicle comprising a bolt-on axle bolted to the underside of the vehicle, two straight, adjustable telescopic arms sharing the bolt-on axle, an electric hydraulic pump, and a control unit. This bolt-on cov... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111908 | Material/equipment handling assembly A trailer assembly includes a body having a plurality of sidewalls for defining a cavity therebetween. Selected sidewalls are pivotally coupled to the body and selectively adaptable between loading and unloading positions and another sidewall defines a substantially... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7086685 | Pickup truck bed cover A pickup truck bed cover comprising (a) a flexible sheet dimensioned to overlap the pickup truck bed and having four draped portions extending downwardly along each of two sidewalls, end wall and tailgate enclosing the pickup truck bed, (b) an anchoring means to sec... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7063227 | Air cargo container An air cargo container includes a base, two side walls, and a rear wall. The side walls each included a curved front edge. A retractable or roll-up door is located between the side walls. The door is extendible from an open position in which the door is retracted or... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7047610 | Holding device A device for holding a rotary element stationary relative to a fixed body, the device comprising at least one element, adapted to engage with the rotary element to hold the device in a fixed position relative to the rotary element; and an engaging member, adapted to... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036873 | Piece of motor vehicle bodywork presenting a marked appearance of depth A piece of motor vehicle bodywork (4, 5, 11) having an outside face directed towards the outside of the vehicle and an inside face opposite the outside face, the piece of bodywork being constituted in that it is constituted by a skin made of a material that a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025401 | Automatic truck covering assembly A covering assembly for covering an open container of a vehicle is characterized by the provision that the electric circuit controlling the movement of the cover is automatically opened when the cover reaches either the fully covered position or the fully uncovered ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021693 | Pickup bed cover A cover for the bed of a pickup truck provides a front rigid panel fastened to the front wall of the pickup bed, at least one intermediate rigid panel attached to the front rigid panel by a first transverse hinge, and a rear rigid panel attached to the intermediate ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014400 | Cargo area rail system for tonneau cover and/or another accessory Rail for a tonneau cover and/or another accessory includes an elongate member having an upwardly facing channel and a sidewardly facing channel. The upwardly facing channel can be defined by an inside wall, a bottom, and an outside wall; and the sidewardly facing ch... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004530 | Cover assembly for a vehicle bed and method for mounting the same A cover assembly for a vehicle bed includes a first pair of track members mountable to side walls of the bed. A cover unit includes a second-pair of track members and a plurality of support members movably mounted on the second pair of track members. A cover is moun... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6981734 | Tarpaulin system for an open-top cargo hold A tarpaulin system for an open cargo hold for a vehicle and a method for repairing the tarpaulin system. The tarpaulin system includes a tarpaulin with a number of ribs or bows releasably connected along its length. A movable cable is provided on the cargo hold and ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6964447 | Vehicle cover system A vehicle cover system comprising: removably attachable mating cover portions adapted to cover a vehicle, the vehicle having a top, a bottom, opposing sides; a front end, and a rear end; each the removably attachable mating cover portion removably attached to and ma... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6948760 | Cover assembly for a vehicle bed and method for mounting the same A cover assembly for a vehicle bed includes a first pair of track members mountable to side walls of the bed. A cover unit includes a second pair of track members and a plurality of support members movably mounted on the second pair of track members. A cover is moun... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942275 | Collapsible bed cap for trucks A Collapsible Bed Cap for Trucks is disclosed. The cover has a plurality of collapsible or sectioned ribs extending longitudinally along the length of the bed in order to provide structural rigidity to the cover. The cap or cover is sectional and detachable such tha... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6932412 | Trailer cover A cover for a flatbed trailer comprises two symmetrical halves of an outer shell forming the cover which are secured to respective longitudinal sides of the deck of the trailer for pivoting into an open position in a sideways lateral direction. The front and rear en... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926337 | Retractable truck tarpaulin system A retractable trailer enclosure system for use in covering at least part of the bed of a truck trailer having removable U-shaped bows vertically mounted thereon. The trailer enclosure system includes a flexible cover which may be retracted or extended to cover and u... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6902222 | Cargo cover side storage system and method of storing A cargo cover storage system for a vehicle that has a cargo bay that is at least partially defined by opposing sidewalls includes first and second rigid cover members adapted to cooperate with each other to at least partially cover and at least partially uncover the... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6837532 | Dual side tarp A dual side tarp (10) is disclosed which allows the operator to shift the fixed tube of the tarp from one side of the trailer (12) to the other very quickly and efficiently to allow one side or the other of the trailer to be numbered to facilitate side... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6837006 | Prefabricated home covering A prefabricated home covering designed to protect a prefabricated home as it is being transported. The prefabricated home covering has a generally rectangular sheet of tarpaulin material used to cover an open middle section of a prefabricated home half being transpo... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6832803 | Translucent tonneau cover and system A truck tonneau for covering a bed of a truck includes a cover having a portion that is at least translucent. The cover can include at least two distinct layers, a first, polymeric layer and a second, fabric reinforcing layer. The fabric reinforcing layer can have a... | 12/21/2004 |
