Patent ID: 7497493
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A structural member for combined use on a pickup truck having a cargo space as a tonneau cover attachment device and as a support mounting device for upright members to support a load carrier at an elevated level above the truck cargo space, wherein the cargo space is generally disposed between two longitudinally extending and vertically rising opposed sidewalls, the structural member comprising: an elongate member contoured for releasable mounting on top of the side walls of the pickup truck, the member having one side constructed to receive and attach one or more of the upright support members, and the opposite side formed with at least one elongate rail segment for the attachment of one side of a tonneau cover; in which the one side constructed to attach one or more upright support members includes a longitudinal slotted channel to secure the upright support member to the elongate member.