Patent ID: 7481480

Claim:
A pickup bed assembly comprising: a) a pickup bed having a forward, rear, left and right edge; b) a solid cover shaped to extend over the entirety of the pickup bed, said solid cover having a forward edge, a rear edge, a left edge and right edge; c) a first, second, third, and fourth leg, 1) said first leg having, A) a first end swivelly secured proximate to the left edge of said solid cover and proximate to the forward edge of said solid cover, and, B) a second end swivelly secured proximate to a mid-point of the left edge of said pickup bed, 2) said second leg having, A) a first end swivelly secured proximate to the right edge of said solid cover and proximate to the forward edge of said solid cover, and, B) a second end swivelly secured proximate to a mid-point of the right edge of said pickup bed, 3) said third leg having, A) a first end swivelly secured proximate to a mid-point of the left edge of said solid cover and, B) a second end swivelly secured proximate to the left edge of said pickup bed proximate to the rear edge of said pickup bed, and, 4) said fourth leg having, A) a first end swivelly secured proximate to a mid-point of the right edge of said solid cover, and, B) a second end swivelly secured proximate to the right edge of said pickup bed proximate to the rear edge of said pickup bed; and, d) a closing mechanism having, 1) a first linkage having a first end and a second end, the first end of said first linkage being swivelly secured proximate to the rear edge of said pickup bed, and, 2) a second linkage having a first end and a second end, A) the first end of said second linkage being swivelly secured proximate to the second end of said first linkage, and, B) the second end of said second linkage being swivelly secured proximate to a rear edge of said solid cover.