Pickup tonneau cover

US10464402B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Stuart C. Salter · White Lake, US
• Christopher Anthony Danowski · Rochester, US
• Paul Kenneth Dellock · Northville, US
• David Brian Glickman · Southfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09K11/02
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tonneau cover assembly includes at a luminescent layer that emits visible light responsive to exposure to light, a top clear layer above the luminescent layer, and a bottom clear layer below the luminescent layer. The luminescent layer illuminates a portion of a cargo area covered by the tonneau cover.