Patent ID: 6070313
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: B60J,Y10T

Abstract:
The combination of a roller stop and a tarpaulin roller for use during a tarpaulin replacement procedure performed on a truck with a tarpaulin assembly having a tarpaulin attached to the roller where the roller is spring-biased and is rotatably mounted on a roller shaft, the combination comprising:the roller stomp comprising:a handle portion;a roller-shaft-engaging portion; anda stem projecting outwardly from the roller stop between the handle portion and the roller-shaft-engaging portion andthe tarpaulin roller comprising:a hole in the side of the roller, sized to accept the stem and positioned such that the stem is received within hole when the roller-shaft-engaging portion engages the roller shaft;whereby when the roller stop is secured to the roller and the handle portion is released, the bias of the roller causes the roller and the stop to rotate back until the handle portion comes to rest against part of the tarpaulin assembly or part of the truck, thereby preventing fiber rotation of the roller and allowing an operator to replace the tarpaulin.