US 12,403,752 B2
Folding tonneau cover
Mohamad Jeffrey Hammoud, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Philipp Josef Wolf, Dana Point, CA (US); and James John Alexander Dowle, Laguna Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/084,310.
Prior Publication US 2024/0198771 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B60J 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/141 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cover for a vehicle, comprising:
rectangular panels, each panel comprising a long edge, a short edge, and a guide, wherein;
the rectangular panels are coupled to one another at the long edges of the rectangular panels and are movable between a planar configuration and a stacked configuration;
in the planar configuration, the rectangular panels are positioned in a single plane and overlap an area corresponding to an open cargo volume of the vehicle;
in the stacked configuration, the rectangular panels are stacked together in parallel planes;
the guides travel in a track of the vehicle when the rectangular panels are moved between the planar configuration and the stacked configuration; and
two panels at an end of the planar configuration are wider in a direction of the long edge than other panels of the rectangular panels.