Patent ID: 11919707
Assignee: BRADFORD COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A cover assembly for a dunnage container, comprising:
an elongated first rail affixed to or integral with the dunnage container and extending along one edge of an opening to the dunnage container,
an elongated second rail affixed to or integral with the dunnage container and extending along another edge of the opening opposite the one edge,
a first cover panel configured to extend between the first and second rails over at least a portion of the opening and to slide along a first path defined longitudinally along the first and second rails,
a second cover panel configured to extend between the first and second rails over at least a portion of the opening and to slide along a second path defined longitudinally along the first and second rails parallel with the first path such that the first and second cover panels can slidingly overlay one another, and
a flexible panel affixed to and between opposing sides of the first and second cover panels,
wherein the flexible panel is redirectable in response to sliding of either or both of the first and second cover panels toward a other of the first and second cover panels to trap the flexible panel therebetween as one of the first and second cover panels overlays the other of the first and second cover panels,
and wherein the flexible panel is further redirectable in response to sliding of either or both of the first and second cover panels away from the other of the first and second cover panels to extend the flexible panel therebetween.