Patent ID: 9555696
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B60J,B60P,B60Y,B66D

Claim:
1. A tarp distributing apparatus, comprising: a tarp guide device mounted in an immobile condition adjacent to and extending upright to above a rear location on a truck load bed so as to establish the height to which a tarp can be moved relative to the rear location on the truck load bed to above and over the rear of a cargo on the truck load bed; a tarp draught device mounted in a mobile condition adjacent to and extending upright to above the truck load bed forwardly of said tarp guide device so as to undergo movement relative to said tarp guide device and along the truck load bed for engaging and pulling the tarp relative to said tarp guide device and forwardly over the cargo; and an actuation mechanism configured to manipulate and move said tarp draught device relative to said tarp guide device and the cargo so as to accomplish distributing the tarp at least partially over the cargo; wherein said tarp guide device includes an upper cross assembly establishing the height to which the tarp can be moved, relative to the rear location on the truck load bed, to above and over the rear of the cargo, and wherein said upper cross assembly includes an elongated inner bar and an outer roller extending over and rotatable about said inner bar so as to rotate as said outer roller guides the tarp to above and over the rear of the cargo.