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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4563034 | Retractable truck bed cover for pick-ups A retractable cover designed for use in covering the bed of a conventional pick up truck. The cover includes a pair of beaded side edges wherein each of the beaded side edges slidably engage a track or longitudinal opening molded in a slide member mounted... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4544196 | Truck box extension apparatus An extension apparatus (10) for vehicles is disclosed. The extension apparatus (10) includes a frame assembly having upper and lower frame members (12a,b) which are interconnected by a flexible member (16) attached at the lower and upper edges thereof to ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4529098 | Top closure for a rectangular box The top closure of the present invention comprises a flexible sheet member sized to fit in covering relation over a top opening of a box. One edge of the sheet member is attached to the upper edge of one of the box walls. At least one track is positioned ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4518193 | Top closure for a rectangular box and method for using same The top closure of the present invention comprises a flexible sheet member sized to fit in covering relation over a top opening of a box. One edge of the sheet member is attached to the upper edge of one of the box walls. A pair of tracks are each positio... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4516802 | Truck cover A take-up roll is mounted transversely on the headboard or cab of a truck and a flexible tarpaulin-like cover is rolled up on the take-up roll, which is rotatably mounted on the cab. A free end portion of the cover is connected to the cross bar of a bail,... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4505512 | Roll-up tarp apparatus A roll-up tarp assembly (10) for an open truck box or trailer (12). The roll-up tarp assembly (10) includes a tarp (14) made from a flexible material. The tarp (14) is securedly attached along one side to the top of the truck box (12). The other side of t... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4484777 | Apparatus for tensioning a cover sheet over an open-topped rectangular box or building Apparatus for drawing taut a cover sheet over a box opening such as a truck box or a walled building of rectangular plan form provides stop members mounted on a longer sidewall presenting stop surfaces spaced below a longitudinal edge, the surfaces formin... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4480652 | Spring covering device A simple covering mechanism for use as an awning, tent, boat cover, or the like, and a method of utilization thereof. The covering mechanism includes a self-coiling continuous sheet of substantially liquid impermeable material having an upward bow when un... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4479677 | Pickup truck tonneau cover Tonneau cover for box of pickup truck, stored within housing mounted on the front end of box on spring actuated windup spool when not in use, extends over cross bows and snaps closed along edge of box. Cross rod at exposed end facilitates unrolling, serve... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4467893 | Folding fork lift with a multiple telescoping top lift attachment An attachment for a lift truck includes a base unit attachable to a vertically movable carriage of the lift truck, a lower stage slidably engaged on the base unit, at least one upper stage slidably engaged to the base unit, and a telescoping apparatus for... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4432581 | Portable automatic carport A vehicle cover which automatically extends over the vehicle and retracts into a storage position. The cover has one end attached to a roller which is rotatably attached to the vehicle. A number of brackets are positioned along the upper surface of the ve... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4380350 | Truck box tarpaulin assembly A tarpaulin is held by one edge along one side of the truck body and is rolled on a longitudinally extending roller assembly so that when the roller assembly is rotated, the tarpaulin rolls across the top of the truck box transversely. Spring loaded check... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4341416 | Roll-up truck cover assembly An improved roll-up truck cover assembly for dump trucks and the like having upstanding side and end walls defining an upwardly open body for receiving particulate material. The cover assembly comprises a flexible top cover substantially coextensive with ... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4335915 | Truck trailer load cover (tarpaulin) receiver Load cover or tarpaulin holders, clips and receivers adapted to be used in association with the side panel mountings and retainers thereof of flat bed truck trailers; load cover or tarpaulin retainers, receivers and clips removably associated with flat be... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4302043 | Roll-up tarp for trailers A canvas tarpaulin having dimensions sufficient to cover the top of an open truck box has one edge affixed to one longitudinal edge of the truck box top. The opposite edge of the tarpaulin is affixed to a tube which extends for the length of the box. The ... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4277220 | Combined load cover and unloader An unloader, for hauling vehicles such as pick-up trucks, which is functional also as a load cover, being essentially an elongated apron of material which is flexible, of very high tensile strength and having a low friction characteristic, as well as bein... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4274077 | Vehicle cover and alarm system therefor A vehicle protective cover and alarm system therefor wherein the cover is of a design and configuration to at least enshroud the major body portion of the vehicle, and wherein at least two sensors are placed in opposed relationship to each of the inside s... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4252362 | Pickup bed cover This invention relates to a cover for the open bed of a pickup truck or the like characterized by a multi-channelled track having a first pair of parallel rails leading out of a storage area horizontally along the rim of the truck bed and at least a secon... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4234224 | Truck box cover device The invention comprises a truck box cover device. The device has a rod with a rectangular tarp attached to the rod at its one end and attached to the edge of a truck box at its other end. The tarp is rolled onto the rod toward the edge of the truck box wh... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4225175 | Arrangement for covering a chip transport box Arrangement for covering a chip transport box including a cover which is adapted to be rolled up on and unrolled from a shaft and a swinging arm provided at each of two opposite walls of the chip transport box whereby one end of the swinging arm is pivota... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4212492 | Roll-up truck bed cover A flexible cover is provided for an open top truck bed and includes means for rolling by one person from one edge at one side of the bed in a cylindrical roll across the bed transversely of the width thereof to a position of storage at the opposite side o... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4210361 | Sliding cover assembly for open body trucks A sliding cover assembly for open body trucks consisting of a pair of elongated guides adapted to be mounted on either side of the truck body forming a slide guide for a sheet of corrugated material extending between the slide guides and extending over th... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4184501 | Solar shield A flexible shield material having the characteristic of not transmitting solar heat, is supported on a frame which extends from end to end of an automobile or the like vehicle and is adjustable in length, having means on the opposite ends to be hooked to ... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4172614 | Tarpaulin cover for freight carriers A tarpaulin cover for open top freight carriers having another opening at one end closed by a pair of movable doors, the cover comprising a main body portion for covering the top of the carrier secured by ties to the carrier sides and a flap portion exten... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4138154 | Sliding cover for a truck An overhead door assembly for a truck, includes an overhead door, composed of a multiplicity of pivotably connected flat panels, which is coupled to a rotatable winding drum, to permit coiling and uncoiling thereon and, in turn, closing and opening of the... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4126351 | Cover for an open body A cover for an open body which has an expandable pleat therein.... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4082347 | Cover assembly A cover assembly for an open truck which may be automatically or manually opened and closed.... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4068885 | Retractable heat shield for vehicles A retractable heat shield for the roof of a vehicle includes a pair of end housings adapted to be detachably mounted adjacent the rear of a vehicle roof and a pair of telescopable members connected to each of such end housings to extend therefrom in gener... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4050734 | Roll-up truck cover assembly A roll-up truck cover assembly for dump trucks and the like having upstanding side and end walls defining an upwardly open body for receiving particulate material which may project upwardly in a heaped or humped configuration beyond the sides of the body.... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4046416 | Truck cover and mechanism for operating same Many types of loads carried in open trucks require covering either to protect the load from the effects of weather or to prevent part of the load from being blown or spilled from the truck during movement of the truck. A flexible cover is carried on a spr... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4037870 | Apparatus for transporting glass panes An improved structure for transporting on a semi-trailer large sheets of flat rigid material such as large sheets of flat glass. A generally A-shaped platform having sloped sides is secured over a conventional semitrailer frame. Stacks of the material bei... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4023857 | Tensioned and retractable truck body tarpaulin A generally horizontal load bed construction including upstanding opposite side walls is provided together with an elongated flexible cover for extension and retraction over the upper edges of the side walls of the load bed. One end of the load bed is pro... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3979782 | Swimming pool cover A protective swimming pool covering apparatus is disclosed wherein the apparatus includes a flexible impervious cover sheet capable of being extended and retracted over a swimming pool. Each lateral side of the cover sheet is adapted with a longitudinally... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3977719 | Apparatus for covering open-bodied vehicles A cover for open-bodied vehicles to cover loads during transportation having a reel carried in an assembly removably securable to the front of an open vehicle body, a rod longer than the width of the vehicle body, a tarpaulin at least as wide and as long ... | 08/31/1976 |
