Patent ID: 6820915
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B60J,B60N,B60P,B60R

Abstract:
In a vehicle having a passenger cabin and a cargo bed opening upwardly of the vehicle, a cover arrangement comprising:first and second top plates extending inwardly from respective first and second side panels of the cargo bed; a front faring having a base extending along an edge of the cargo bed adjacent the passenger cabin and having opposed side faring surfaces extending rearwardly from the base between an upper frame of the front faring and a respective top plate; a movable tonneau cover having a closed position wherein the tonneau cover extends rearwardly from the base of the front faring to a rear wall of the cargo bed and in contact with the first and second top plates; a plurality of linearly extendable supports positioned with respect to the tonneau cover such that they may extend to move the tonneau cover from its closed position to an upwardly extended deployed position wherein the tonneau cover is substantially parallel to and aligned with a roof of the passenger cabin; first and second side window panels; a storage compartment formed in the tonneau cover for receipt of the side window panels when not in use; and a guide track formed in at least one of: the outboard edges of the tonneau cover, the first and second top plates, and vertically extending side surfaces of the front faring, the guide track arranged to receive the first and second side window panels when the tonneau cover is in the deployed position.