US 11,772,468 B2
Cargo bed covering and enclosing assembly
Michael John Harmon, Northville, MI (US); Ryan Mathew Sandor, North Wales, PA (US); Amol Borkar, Nagpur (IN); Ronald Meredith, Waterford, MI (US); Martyn Swain, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Scott Culver Anderson, Commerce Township, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,852.
Prior Publication US 2023/0256799 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 7/14 (2006.01); B60J 7/16 (2006.01); B62D 33/027 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/141 (2013.01) [B60J 7/1607 (2013.01); B62D 33/027 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle assembly, comprising:
a cargo bed cover that covers a cargo bed of a vehicle when the cargo bed is in a standard bed position, the cargo bed cover configured to provide an aft wall of the cargo bed when the cargo bed is in an extended bed position,
wherein the cargo bed cover includes a plurality of covering sections that are pivotably connected to each other, the plurality of covering sections disposed adjacent one another along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle when the cargo bed cover is covering the cargo bed of the vehicle, at least some of the plurality of covering section folded against one another when the cargo bed cover is providing the aft wall of the cargo bed of the vehicle.