Patent ID: 6899372

Claim:
A cover for a bed of a pickup truck having the bed with a pair of generally parallel, spaced-apart, upstanding sidewalls, a tailgate extending between the sidewalls at the rear, a front wall extending between the sidewalls at an end opposite the tailgate adjacent a cab of a pickup, the sidewalls, tailgate, and front wall defining a pickup truck bed, the pickup bed cover comprising: a front rigid panel fastened to the front wall of the pickup bed; at least one intermediate rigid panel attached to said front rigid panel by a first transverse hinge; and a rear rigid panel attached to said intermediate rigid panel by a second transverse hinge, said rear rigid panel having a tailgate locking lip flaring downwardly and outwardly to prevent the tailgate from opening; wherein said front rigid panel, said intermediate rigid panel, and said rear rigid panel cooperate to cover the pickup bed in a fully covering position, wherein said rear rigid panel folds across said intermediate rigid panel at said second transverse hinge so that said tailgate locking lip of said rear rigid panel rests against said intermediate rigid panel to cover the pickup bed partially in a partially covering position, and wherein said intermediate rigid panel and said rear rigid panel remaining folded to said intermediate panel, fold upward along said first transverse hinge so that said intermediate rigid panel and said rear rigid panel reside in an essentially vertical position in an open position.