Patent ID: 8474896

Claim:
A vehicle topper that creates an enclosed compartment when coupled with a vehicle bed, the vehicle topper capable of providing convenient open access to the vehicle bed, the vehicle topper comprising: a rolling door frame, the rolling door frame having a base supporting two sides, a front end and a back end, each of the two sides of the rolling door frame supporting a guide track, each of the guide tracks having a starting point and an ending point; a floor covering at least an area defined by the base of the rolling door frame, the floor being supported by the base and able to form a sub-floor space between the floor and the vehicle bed when the vehicle topper is coupled to a vehicle bed, and wherein a portion of each of the two guide tracks runs under the floor and through the sub-floor space; and a rolling door having two side edges, a leading edge and a trailing edge, each of the two side edges having a plurality of guiding means attached thereto between the leading edge and the side edge, the guiding means attached to each side edge of the rolling door being disposed in a different one of the guide tracks, the guiding means for slideably supporting the door within the guide tracks between a completely closed position where the leading edge of the rolling door is located at the starting point of each of the guide tracks, and a completely open position where the trailing edge of the rolling door is at the ending point of each of the guide tracks; and wherein at least a portion of the rolling door is disposed under the floor and within the sub-floor space when the rolling door is placed in the completely open position.