Patent ID: 6942279

Claim:
An improved camper shell apparatus comprising, in combination: a collapsible frame; wherein said collapsible frame comprises: a first bottom frame component adapted to be positioned on top of a first long side of a pickup truck bed; a second bottom frame component adapted to be positioned on top of a second long side of a pickup truck bed; a first rear vertical support coupled at a first end thereof to said first bottom frame component; a second rear vertical support coupled at a first end thereof to said second bottom frame component; a first center vertical support coupled at a first end thereof to said first bottom frame component; a second center vertical support coupled at a first end thereof to said second bottom frame component; a first forward vertical support coupled at a first end thereof to said first bottom frame component; a second forward vertical support coupled at a first end thereof to said second bottom frame component; a rear cross-member having at each of a first end and a second end thereof at least a forward projection and a downward projection; a center cross-member having at each of a first end and a second end thereof a forward projection, a rearward projection, and a downward projection; a forward cross-member having at each of a first end and a second end thereof a rearward projection and a downward projection; a first horizontal support coupling between said forward projection on said first end of said rear cross member and said rearward projection on said first end of said center cross-member; a second horizontal support coupling between said forward projection on said first end of said center cross-member and said rearward projection on said first end of said forward cross-member; a third horizontal support coupled between said forward projection on said second end of said rear cross member and said rearward projection on said second end of said center cross-member; a fourth horizontal support coupling between said forward projection on said second end of said center cross-member and said rearward projection on said second end of said forward cross-member; for each said rear, center and forward vertical support, a clamp joining said vertical support to a bed of a pickup truck; and a cover adapted to be fitted over said collapsible frame; wherein a first edge of said cover is adapted to be interposed between said first bottom frame component and said top of said pickup truck bed; and wherein a second edge of said cover is adapted to be interposed between said second bottom frame component and said top of said pickup truck bed.