Patent ID: 6976433
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: B60J,B61D

Abstract:
1. A slidable cover assembly for merchandise carrying vehicle platforms, said assembly comprising a pair of opposed end support frames and a plurality of intermediate frames, each said frame having a top carriage for displacement on a central horizontal top rail member secured to a platform, each said end support frames and intermediate frames having a top tapered roof truss structure and opposed depending side members, said side members having a side rail engaging carriage at a lower end thereof for displaceable support engagement with a side rail secured to opposed sides of a truck, a tarp secured to said end support frames and intermediate frames and displaceable therewith from a collapsed condition to an extended condition, tarp displacement means to displace said tarp outwardly of said intermediate frames when displaced closer to one another from said extended condition to said collapsed condition, said end support frames having a vertical connecting flange means disposed vertically along at least a portion of said opposed depending side members at an outward end thereof and adapted to be detachably secured to a locking mechanism secured to stationary opposed bulk head frames of said platform.