UNIVERSAL MOUNTING FOR TRUCK COVERS

• US 3,628,826 A
• Filed: 10/09/1969
• Issued: 12/21/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Louis F. Sibley
• Original Assignee: Louis F. Sibley
• Inventors: Sibley, Louis F.
• Application Number:
  US04/865,034
• Time in Patent Office: 803 Days
• US Class Current: 296/98
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 7/085 winding up, e.g. for utility vehicles

Abstract

A rolled cover for the headboard or cab of a truck wherein the cover can be pulled out as by a bail to the rear of a truck to cover the contents thereof, and a telescoping adjustable mounting for fitting trucks of different widths without the necessity of providing rollers of different lengths for the purpose.

Claims

1. In combination with an open top vehicle body and a headboard, a rolled up cover assembly mounted on the headboard, said roll assembly comprising a pair of bearing plates on the headboard in spaced relation, a tubular member on each plate, said tubular member being open end and extending toward each other in aligned relation with a gap therebetween, a rod having an end in each of said tubular members, and means to secure the rod to the tubular members in axially adjusted condition dependent on the width of the headboard, and a flexible vehicle body cover rolled up on said tubular members and rod, a bail assembly having the legs thereof mounted on the vehicle body and the closed end of the bail being longer than the roll assembly and secured with respect to a free end of said flexible body cover, the other end of which is to be rolled on said tubular members and rod to enable the body cover to be rolled up to its inoperative position, means to actuate said bail in a direction to unroll the cover, and means to rotate the tubular members, the body cover having a width in excess of the length of the combined tubular members and rod so that a single width of cover is used with all adjustments thereof.