Bias regulated rolling truck bed cover

US10737563B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tectum Holdings, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Chad Carter · Manchester, US
• Ryan DeLong · Stockbridge, US
• Jerome Facchinello · Grand Blanc, US
• William Cohoon · Iron River, US
• Robert Gaarder · Beverly Hills, US
• Wilbur Paul Winkle, III · Ypsilanti, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 11, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60P7/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tonneau system comprising: (a) a plurality of tonneau sections; (b) a retraction system including: (i) a drive roller; (ii) a pulley spaced apart from the drive roller; (iii) a track extending from a location proximate to the drive roller to a location proximate to the pulley; and (iv) a line connected to the drive roller and one or more of the plurality of tonneau sections; wherein the line extends between the one or more of the plurality of tonneau sections and the driver roller when the plurality of tonneau sections are in the closed position, and the line extends from the one or more of the plurality of tonneau sections around the pulley and to the drive roller when the plurality of tonneau sections are in the stored position.