Patent ID: 6126225
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A tonneau cover for a bed of a pick-up truck having a front wall, two side walls and a tailgate, comprising:a frame member adapted to be rigidly mounted near an upper end of each of the side walls of a pick-up truck;a channel closely received by and stationarily mounted to each of the frame members so as to be parallel to each other, each of the channels having upper and lower walls joined by an outer wall on an outer side and a longitudinally extending slot on an inner side;at least one panel having a pair of outer edges, each of the outer edges closely and slidably received by one of the slots of the channels, the panel adapted to extend over the bed of the pick-up between the front wall, the tailgate and the two side walls; andan interior ridge on the lower wall in each of the channels for contacting and supporting a lower surface of each of the outer edges of said at least one panel, defining a chamber between the outer wall and the ridge to allow water to flow longitudinally out of said channels.