Patent ID: 6948760

Claim:
A method for mounting a cover assembly to a vehicle bed having at least opposing first and second side walls and a floor, the side walls and the floor defining an interior space having an upwardly facing opening, the method comprising: mounting a first pair of elongated track members to the first and second side walls, the first pair of elongated track members each having a cable receiving conduit; providing a removable cover unit comprising: (i) a second pair of elongated track members each having a cable receiving conduit; (ii) a plurality of transverse support members, each of the plurality of support members having first and second end portions, the first end portions being movably mounted on one of the second pair of track members and the second end portions being movably mounted on the other of the second pair of track members; (iii) a flexible cover mounted to the plurality of transverse support members; (iv) at least one motor; and (v) a pair of flexible drive cables respectively received in the cable receiving conduits of the second pair of track members, the drive cables being operatively connected to both the at least one motor and the plurality of support members; and removably mounting the cover unit in an operative position to the vehicle bed such that the second pair of track members are aligned with the first pair of track members with the cable receiving conduits of the first and second pairs of track members aligned with one another so that the support members can be selectively moved along the first and second pairs of track members by operating the at least one motor to drive the drive cables within the aligned cable receiving conduits to move the plurality of transverse support members along the aligned fist and second pairs of track members and extend and retract the flexible cover for opening and closing the vehicle bed.