Patent ID: 7669911

Claim:
For use with a truck having a frame and having a platform pivotally supported to the frame, the platform being pivoted by a platform hydraulic system, and a container having an open top resting on the platform, a tarping system for removably covering the open top comprising: a cover support structure extending upwardly from the platform and moved with said platform when said platform is pivoted; a tarping frame displaceably secured to said cover support structure wherein said tarping frame includes a first position substantially parallel to said platform and a second position at an angle with respect to said platform; a covering medium rigidly affixed to said tarping frame along a longitudinal edge of said tarping frame and dimensioned to protectably cover said open top; and a hydraulic system extending between said cover support structure and said tarping frame for elevationally positioning said tarping frame and thereby said covering medium relative to said open top; said cover support structure including at least two upwardly extending structures secured to each opposed side edges of said platform, said tarping frame being raised and lowered in a substantially parallel relationship to the platform to cover and uncover said open top.