US Patent 7472941 Tonneau cover having securing plate with lock member

Patent 7472941 was granted and assigned to Agri-cover on January, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Agri-cover

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7472941

Date of Patent

January 6, 2009

Patent Application Number

11045857

Date Filed

January 28, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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D Glenn Dayoan

Patent abstract

A tonneau cover apparatus for attaching a flexible cover about a cargo box of a vehicle, preferably a pickup truck. The apparatus preferably includes, a support frame, including two side rails removably attached about the perimeter of a cargo box of the vehicle, an elongated flexible cover securing plate attached to an end of the flexible cover and a securing plate engagement member attached to the support frame, preferably one on each of the two side rails on each side of the support frame. The present invention simplifies securing and unsecuring of the securing plate to the support frame. The securing plate is preferably attached to an end of the flexible cover and is configured to cooperatively engage and pivot with respect to the securing plate engagement member and into and out of a closed or fixed stretching position wherein the flexible cover can be correspondingly be tensed and relaxed.