US 12,246,585 B2
Bias regulated rolling truck bed cover
Chad Carter, Manchester, MI (US); Ryan DeLong, Stockbridge, MI (US); Jerome Facchinello, Grand Blanc, MI (US); William Cohoon, Whitmore Lake, MI (US); Robert Gaarder, West Bloomfield, MI (US); and Wilbur Paul Winkle, III, Ypsilanti, MI (US)
Assigned to EXTANG CORPORATION, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed by Extang Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/141,058.
Application 17/501,147 is a division of application No. 16/910,200, filed on Jun. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,186,149.
Application 18/141,058 is a continuation of application No. 17/501,147, filed on Oct. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,673,457.
Application 16/910,200 is a continuation of application No. 15/940,502, filed on Mar. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,737,563.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/615,278, filed on Jan. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0264545 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. B60P 7/04 (2006.01); B60J 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/068 (2013.01) [B60P 7/04 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tonneau system comprising:
a. a retraction system including:
i. a track;
b. a tonneau cover including:
i. a plurality of tonneau sections including:
1. one or more latch bar connectors, each including a male latch connector and a female latch connector;
ii. a tonneau cap including;
1. one or more tail connectors, each including a male connector and a female connector;
wherein the tonneau cover is movable relative to the track between a stored position and a closed position, the male connector engages the female latch connector and the female connector engages the male latch connector to form a fixed connection between the tonneau cap and the plurality of tonneau sections, and the fixed connection precludes the tonneau cap from pivoting relative to the plurality of tonneau sections as the tonneau cover moves relative to the track between the closed position and the stored position, and
wherein the retraction system moves the tonneau cover between a closed position and a stored position, the tonneau cap extends beyond the track of the retraction system when the tonneau cover is in the closed position and the connection between the one or more latch bar connectors and the one or more tail connectors support the tonneau cap from sagging when the tonneau cap extends beyond the track of the retraction system.