US Patent 11345223 Hinge assembly and tonneau cover

A hinge assembly for a tonneau cover. The hinge assembly allows panels of the tonneau cover to be folded on top of one another and includes a pivot frame having an engagement side and a pivot side. The engagement side of the pivot frame is configured to engage one end of a panel of the tonneau cover and pivot side of the pivot frame includes at least one recess defined therein. The hinge assembly also includes a pivot component having a pivot with at least one recess defined therein. A hinge member, having first and second ends, is pivotally engaged with the pivot frame and the pivot component in the respective recesses thereof through the first and second ends.