Patent ID: 6361100
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A tarp retraction apparatus on an open bed truck, said truck having a bed floor, a first side wall, and a second side wall, each side wall having an upper edge portion, said upper edges being roughly parallel to one another, said apparatus comprising;(a) a control bar extending along the outer edge portion of said first side wall, said control bar being rotatable along its axis between a first closed position and a second open position; and (b) a multiplicity of tarp bows, each having a first end and a second end, said tarp bows being affixed at said first end to said control bar, the bows being positioned and shaped so that when the control bar is in the first closed position, the bows arc across the truck bed and extend to the upper edge of said second side wall, and when the control bar is rotated to its second open position the tarp bows are moved upwardly and outwardly so as to not inhibit access to the truck bed.