Patent ID: 7419207
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. The tonneau cover for a pick up truck having a truck box with a bed, a front and wall and two vertical side walls standing upwardly from the bed, and a rear tail gate pivotal from a raised position extending across the side walls to a horizontal lowered position, the cover for the truck box comprising; a pair of mounting rails each arranged to be mounted on a top surface of a respective side wall of the truck box; a pair of panels each pivotally mounted on a respective one of the mounting rails for pivotal movement between a closed position and a raised open position; each panel in the closed position extending inward from the corresponding mounting rail to a free end such that the free ends of the panels engage each other in the closed position of the panels; each panel in the raised open position extending generally upward from the corresponding mounting rail such that the free ends are spaced apart; two frame elements each mounted between the panels in the raised open position such that the panels are supported in an upright orientation for containing cargo in the truck box, the frame elements being mounted adjacent respective forward and rearward ends of the panels; wherein each mounting rail includes a horizontal portion lying on the top surface of the respective side wall, wherein each mounting rail has a row of fasteners adjacent an inner edge for engagement into a corresponding row of first holes in the side wall; wherein each mounting rail has a second row of fasteners, spaced outwardly of the first row, for engagement into a corresponding row of second holes in the side wall; wherein the fasteners of the first row are fastened from the inside the box; wherein the fasteners of the first row include bolts which have a head captured underneath a top surface of the mounting rail so as to be hidden; and wherein the fasteners of the second row are fastened from on top of the mounting rail.