Patent ID: 9056541
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: B60J,B60P

Abstract:
1. A bow system for an open-topped container body, the body having side rails on opposite sides of the body and a cover sized and configured to extend laterally across the body from one side rail to the other side rail, the bow system comprising: a plurality of curved bows pivotably mounted at one end to one of said side rails and sized to extend in a curved path over the open-top of the container body to engage the other side rail at an opposite end, the curved bows providing a surface for supporting the cover over the open-top of the container body; and a ridge pole assembly including first and second ridge pole segments, each of said segments pivotably engaged to a corresponding number of said plurality of curved bows, wherein each ridge pole segment includes an end facing the other ridge pole segment and the ridge pole assembly includes a tether element coupled between the facing ends that permits movement of the ridge pole segments relative to each other as the bow system is moved between a deployed configuration in which the plurality of curved bows extend across the open-top of the container body and a retracted position in which the curved bows are substantially outside the open-top of the container body.