Patent ID: 6286884
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A combination apparatus comprising:a truck bed sidewall providing a horizontally oriented top bed wall portion and integral therewith and extending downwardly therefrom, an inner bed wall portion, an outer bed wall portion, an end bed wall portion;a sidewall cover providing a horizontally oriented top cover portion and integral therewith and extending downwardly therefrom, an inner cover portion, an outer cover portion, an end cover portion, the sidewall cover dimensionally sized to fit over the truck sidewall with corresponding top cover, side cover and end cover portions in close proximity to the top bed wall, side bed wall and end bed wall portions of the truck bed sidewall respectively;the sidewall cover comprising plural sections arranged in linear mutually abutting sequence defining at least one section interface between sections; andthe at least one interface comprising a pair of complementary mutually interengagable U-shaped edges wherein a first one of the U-shaped edges provides an extending lip and a second one of the U-shaped edges provides a recessed lip, the recessed lip receiving the extending lip in overlapping abutment.