Patent ID: 6575520
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A cover system for a truck box or open top container, said truck box or open top container having a front end, two side walls, and a rear end, said system comprisinga flexible cover material having a front edge, two side edges, and a rear edge, the dimensions of said flexible cover being approximately the same as the open top or truck box, a front header apparatus adjustably mounted at the front end of the open container or truck box, said front edge of said flexible material being affixed to said front header apparatus, engagement means for releasably fixedly engaging said side edges of said flexible cover to said side walls, a rear header fixedly attached to said rear edge of said flexible cover material, a rear header stop fixedly mounted at the rear end of the open container or truck box, said rear header stop being adapted for releasable fixed engagement of said rear header, and an adjustable tension control assembly in operative relation to said front header apparatus, said tension control assembly exerting an adjustable forwardly biased force against said front header assembly during the engagement of said rear header by said rear header stop.