Patent ID: 6439639
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: B60J,B60R

Abstract:
A pick-up truck bed cover device for a truck bed having a trailer hitch therein, said trailer hitch being adapted for removably coupling to a fifth wheel trailer, said truck bed having a two side walls, a back wall and front wall, said device comprising:a base support including a first elongate member and a second elongate member attached together such that said base support is generally T-shaped, said first elongate member being positioned on top edges of and extending between said side walls such that said second elongate member extends to and is abutting a top edge of said back wall; a plurality of panels each having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge, said first and third edges being opposite of each other, said plurality of panels comprising 4 panels and defining a pair of back panels positioned adjacent to said back wall and a pair of front panels positioned adjacent to said front wall, each of said second edges of said back panels being hingedly coupled to opposite edges of said second elongate member, each of said first edges of front panels being hingedly coupled to said first elongate member, said panels having a size adapted for collectively covering an open top side of said truck bed, each of said front panels having a slot therein, said slots facing each other and defining an opening between said front panels when said front panels are abutting each other.