Patent ID: 6196507
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: B60J,Y10T

Abstract:
A clamp assembly for releasably securing a topper to a pick-up truck box having sidewalls with an inwardly extended flange, the topper including sidewalls having transverse offset sections over the sidewalls of the pick-up truck box respectively, wherein the clamp assembly comprises:an elongate engagement member adapted to be pivotally mounted to either one of the sidewalls of the topper so that the engagement member is pivotable between an operative position in which a free end of the engagement member extends beneath the inwardly extended flange and forcibly abuts a undersurface of the flange, and an inoperative position in which the free end of the engagement member clears the flange;a rotating device operatively connected to the engagement member to convert a rotation about an axis substantially perpendicular to a pivotal shaft of the engagement member to a pivotal movement of the engagement member between the operative and inoperative positions; anda locking device to lock the engagement member in the operative position.