US Patent 7384089 Vehicle bed covering system

A vehicle bed covering system for covering a cargo bed of a vehicle and allow adjustment of the location of the cover includes a pair of panels being pivotally coupled to the cargo bed of the vehicle. Each of the panels is pivotal over the cargo bed to cover the cargo bed. A plurality of hinge assemblies is coupled to a top face of a perimeter wall of the cargo bed. Each of the panels has a pair of the hinge assemblies coupled thereto to permit the panels to pivot with respect to the cargo bed. Each of the panels has one of a pair of rams mounted thereto. Each of the rams is mountable to a bed surface of the cargo bed. The rams push against the panels to maintain the panels in an open position when the rams are mounted to the bed surface.