Patent ID: 6712422
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A combination truck-box cover and collapsible shelter comprising:a. a tonneau-like cover adapted to contain most components for a collapsible tent shelter, b. a central box frame member fixedly attached to the front most inner surface of a truck box distal to the tailgate, c. a pair of side box members fixedly attached to the inner upper surface of each left and right sides of a truck box, d. an inner bed panel and an outer bed panel for each side of the truck box, e. extension panels adapted to extend the length of both inner and outer bed panels, f. diagonal bed-panel supports adapted to gravitationally engage to a female receiver at the bottom surface at each end of the outer bed panels and to bed-panel support brackets fixedly attached to the lower portion of a truck's frame and extend outwardly toward the truck box's side panels, g. a folding leg assembly having two front legs, and two rear legs both adapted with diagonal supports extending upwardly and inwardly from the front legs and upwardly and outwardly from the rear legs, h. a structural framework having vertical members extending upwardly from all outer most extremities of the upper surfaces of the outer bed panels so to form a ribbing adapted to hold the shelter's outer sheet-material covering, i. erecting control members having a generally telescopic assembly of tubes, one fitting inside the other, a locking pin member traversing through perforations aligned at strategic locations within said telescopic tubes, j. erecting tethers having a length only sufficient to retain the tilting cover so as to prevent said cover and folding leg assembly from over-swinging in either forward or rearward direction.