Patent ID: 6502890
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A side-rail coupling for tarpaulin canopies of vehicle superstructures, comprising:upper side rails of a canopy frame, the side rails having length sections, at least one hollow profile chamber, and complementary apertures arranged in side walls of the hollow profile chamber, said length sections being able to be put together and separated; running and guide rails, said running and guide rails being connected to said hollow profile chamber; rollers or roller carriages, said running and guide rails serving for the supporting and guiding of said rollers or rollers carriages; bows, said bows being supported by said rollers or roller carriages in a displaceable manner against the canopy frame and said bows carrying a roof tarpaulin; coupling elements, wherein said length sections are connectable releasably to each other by means of said coupling elements engaging in a form-locking manner in said hollow profile chambers of said side rails, said coupling elements being formed by profile material sections having a profile cross-sectional shape which is at least substantially congruent to an inner profile cross section of said hollow profile chamber, said coupling elements including two opposite bolt elements for each of said two length sections to be coupled and a spring, said two opposite bolt elements capable of being adjusted perpendicular to their longitudinal axis and interacting with said complementary apertures, and said spring providing a spring load and commonly acting for said respective two opposite bolt elements.