Patent ID: 8087716
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: B60J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cap for covering a cargo bed of a pickup truck comprising: a base support frame assembly including a pair of side guide rails adapted to be mounted on the top of respective side wall of said cargo bed, each guide rail having an upward opening slot extending lengthwise along each of said side guide rails; said base support frame assembly further including a hoop support frame attached each at opposite end of said side guide rails, each hoop support frame having leg portions and an outer convex rounded segment connecting each of said leg portions, said leg portions each pivoted to a respective one of said side guide rails to be able to be alternatively positioned lying down to be generally parallel to said side guide rails and to be pivoted up to be generally perpendicular to said side guide rails; an elongated top guide rail attached to an upper portion of each of said hoop support frames when in said erected position and having a slot extending laterally along each of two opposite sides of said top guide rail; and a pair of flexible side panels each received in a slot of a respective one of said side rails and one side of said top guide rail to be formed in a substantially convex outer shape and extending over said cargo bed, said cargo bed thereby substantially covered thereby.