Patent ID: 6561564
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B60J,B65D

Abstract:
A tarpaulin structure for vehicle bodies and containers comprising:a folding-top frame covering a length of a loading compartment and being supported on a vehicle chassis via protruding supports and having upper longitudinal flanges; a tarpaulin which at least fits over a roof region of said folding-top frame, the tarpaulin being supported by a plurality of bows supported by means of a roller carriage in a manner allowing the bows to be displaced in the longitudinal direction on said longitudinal flanges, wherein two adjacent bows of said plurality of bows are connected to one another by means of a bearing element for said tarpaulin in such a manner that a reduction in a distance between said two adjacent bows results in an upwardly directed folding of said tarpaulin between said two adjacent bows; and wherein the roller carriage is connected via mutual, form-locking engagement to said bearing element.