Patent ID: 8272676

Claim:
In a tarp deploying apparatus having a rear radial arm pivotally attached proximate a rear wall and a front radial arm pivotally attached proximate a front wall, and having a tarp operably provided between free ends of the radial arms to selectively cover a space between the front and rear walls, the improvement comprising: the rear radial arm is formed with a bend to bring the free end of the rear radial arm closer to the rear wall than the free end of the rear radial arm would be without such a bend; and wherein a rear housing is attached to the rear radial arm proximate to the free end of the rear radial arm and a front housing is attached to the front radial arm proximate to the free end of the front radial arm, wherein the front housing has a front rotatable spindle extending therefrom and the rear housing has a rear rotatable spindle extending therefrom, wherein the front spindle is connected to a front end of a roll tube and the rear spindle is connected to a rear end of the roll tube, wherein a motor is associated with one of the spindles, and wherein the tarp is provided on the roll tube, the tarp deploying apparatus further comprising a roller on the roll tube, the roller having an enhanced traction surface.