Patent ID: 7530621

Claim:
A cover assembly for a bed of a vehicle, said bed having a pair of side walls, the assembly comprising: a U-shaped frame releasably mounted to the bed along the side walls, said U-shaped frame having a pair of elongate side rails and a center rail connecting at ends of each of the side rails; a cover including a first pair of panels connected to the first side rail and a second pair of panels connected to the second side rail; a pneumatic cylinder operatively connected to each of the first and second pairs of panels for moving the first and second pairs of panels between a closed and opened positions; wherein each of the first and second pair of panels include an outside panel connected to a side rail of the frame along one lateral edge and an inside panel hingedly connected to the outside panel along an opposing lateral edge; and wherein when the pair of panels are locked in the open position, the inner panel and outer panel form a triangle formation with a gap therebetween for providing an air pathway to reduce wind resistance.