Patent ID: 7384089

Claim:
A vehicle bed covering system for covering a cargo bed of a vehicle, said system comprising: a pair of panels being pivotally coupled to the cargo bed of the vehicle, each of said panels being pivotal over the cargo bed to cover the cargo bed; a plurality of hinge assemblies being coupled to a top face of a perimeter wall of the cargo bed, each of said panels having a pair of said hinge assemblies coupled thereto to permit said panels to pivot with respect to the cargo bed, each of said hinge assemblies including; a mounting disk being coupled to and extending upwardly from the top face of the cargo bed; a hinge arm being hingedly coupled to said mounting disk, said hinge arm being pivotal between a first position horizontally positioned over the cargo bed and a second position horizontally extending away from the cargo bed, a first end of said hinge arm being hingedly coupled to said mounting disk; a securing pin being slidably insertable into a first aperture of said hinge arm, said securing pin being extendable through said first aperture and into the associated one of said panels to secure the associated one of said panels in an aligned position with said hinge arm; and a pair of rams, each of said panels having one of said rams mounted thereto, each of said rams being mountable to a bed surface of the cargo bed, said rams pushing against said panels to maintain said panels in an open position when said rams are mounted to the bed surface.