US 12,070,992 B2
Rolling tonneau cover
Eugene A. Dylewski, II, Granger, IN (US); Christopher David Mattison, Granger, IN (US); and John William Bevis, III, Mishawaka, IN (US)
Assigned to Leer Group, Elkhart, IN (US)
Filed by Leer Group, Elkhart, IN (US)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/144,571.
Application 18/144,571 is a continuation of application No. 17/396,722, filed on Aug. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,642,947.
Application 17/396,722 is a continuation of application No. 16/655,664, filed on Oct. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,084,361, issued on Aug. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/750,343, filed on Oct. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271490 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 7/14 (2006.01); B60J 7/08 (2006.01); B60R 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/141 (2013.01) [B60J 7/085 (2013.01); B60R 5/047 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tonneau cover assembly that selectively covers a truck bed of a truck, the tonneau cover assembly comprising:
a cover;
wherein the cover has a longitudinally extending exterior edge;
a first portion of a longitudinally extending fastener panel located adjacent the longitudinally extending exterior edge of the cover; and
a longitudinally extending rib extending from an underside of the cover adjacent the first portion of the longitudinally extending fastener panel;
wherein the longitudinally extending fastener panel is located between the longitudinally extending rib and the longitudinally extending exterior edge of the cover;
wherein the longitudinally extending rib includes a tip located distal from the underside of the cover such that the tip is configured to contact a rail located on a sidewall portion of the truck bed to separate a portion of the cover from the rail when the tonneau cover assembly selectively covers the truck bed.