Patent ID: 7537264

Claim:
A cover assembly for a pick-up truck cargo box, comprising: a first rail attachable to a first side of the cargo box; a first latch channel in the first rail; a second rail attachable to a second side of the cargo box; a second latch channel in the second rail; a cover attachable to the first and second rails, with the cover including: a first panel; a second panel; a first resilient hinge strip connecting the first panel to the second panel and allowing the first panel to pivot relative to the second panel; a third panel; and a second resilient hinge strip connecting the second panel to the third panel and allowing the second panel to pivot relative to the third panel; a slam latch assembly on a bottom surface of each of the panels, with substantially each slam latch assembly including first and second plungers urged outwardly by first and second springs into latching positions wherein the first and second plungers extend at least partially into the first and second latch channels, respectively, for latching the panels into engagement with the first and second rails; a release mechanism associated with each slam latch assembly for releasing each panel from the first and second rails by moving the first and second plungers inwardly into release positions, wherein from the first and second plungers are withdrawn from the first and second latch channels; and with movement of each panel into engagement with the first and second rails causing the first and second plungers to automatically move momentarily inwardly into the release positions, and then move outwardly into the latching positions.