Lateral tarpaulin suspension

US6612638B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Edscha LKW-Schiebeverdecke GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Fliege · Remscheid, DE
• Josef Drasch · Winzer, DE
• Roger Remmel · Remscheid, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J5/065
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A folding top for a commercial vehicle includes a folding top frame, bows supporting a roof covering, and side tarpaulins suspended by means of hanging sliders. The folding-top frame includes upper longitudinal flanges spanning at least part of the length of a loading compartment of the vehicle. The frame is supported against a chassis of the vehicle via upwardly protruding supports and stakes. The bows are supported on the upper longitudinal flanges and displaceable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The side tarpaulins are suspended via the hanging sliders in a longitudinally displaceable manner on assigned running tracks of the upper longitudinal flanges. Each of the hanging sliders includes a fastening plate for connecting one of the side tarpaulins. The fastening plate is of two-part design and includes a first part connected to the slider and a second part connected to an upper end of the one of the side tarpaulins. The first part and the second part are adjustable relatively to each other counter to a resisting means.