Patent ID: 8757699

Claim:
A raisable canopy system for a truck having a rear box, the box including a first wall and a second wall opposite the first wall, the walls of the box having top edges, the system comprising: a pair of actuator mounts mounted to the first wall and the second wall, respectively, on the top edges of the walls of the box; a canopy mount connected to the pair of actuator mounts, the canopy mount being disposed adjacent to one end of the box and extending upwards from the box; a canopy shaped to substantially extend over the box, the canopy being pivotally connected to the canopy mount; and a pair of actuators pivotally connected to and extending upwards from the pair of actuator mounts, the pair of actuators each pivotally connecting to the canopy, and the pair of actuators being configured to selectively move the canopy from a closed position in which the canopy covers and abuts the box to an open position in which the canopy is angularly spaced-apart above the box.