Tonneau cover system for a cargo bed of a vehicle

US10286765B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RUGGED LINER, INC. · US

Inventors

• Scott Williamson · Orlando, US
• David Kosinski · Northville, US
• Michael Yang · McLeansboro, US
• Xichang Yan · 安丰镇, CN
• Jianfeng Tong · Foshan, CN
• Chengping Wei · Gilbert, US
• Ronald Brian Smith · Oxford, US
• Daniel Bürger · Washington Township, US
• James Mays · Flint, US
• Taylor M. Hixson · Farmington Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2017
• Grant date: May 14, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 4, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60P7/02
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tonneau cover system includes a cover assembly coupled to first and second side rails. The cover assembly includes a cover disposed over and coupled to a frame, a latch mechanism coupled to the frame and having a catch biased toward a latch position to secure the cover to the first side rail and retractable to an unlatch position to release the cover from the first side rail, a release device coupled to the frame and latch mechanism and actuatable to move the catch to the unlatch position, and an adjustment mechanism coupled to the latch mechanism. The adjustment mechanism has a first portion coupled to the catch and a second portion interacting with the first portion to adjust a vertical position of the catch relative to the frame transverse to a width-wise axis defined between the side rails, with the first and/or second portions forming a sloped profile.