Penda Corporation

Terry D Dicke

Kwang Yol Kim

A pick-up truck having a bed with a front wall, two side walls, and a tailgate, has a tonneau cover installed over the bed. The tonneau cover comprises a set of interconnected rail members, a pair of cross members, and a flexible cover. The cover has a pocket attached to the underside for storage of items that are small, fragile or valuable. The pocket may be partitioned into smaller compartments for selective isolation of items from other items. The pocket is attached to the tonneau cover by stitches that are used along a perimeter of the cover.

Tonneau cover with concealed storage compartment

An assembly is provided including a front rail, a rear rail, a pair of side rails and a plurality of corner pieces. A pair of self-adjusting devices interconnect the two side rails and the rear rail. Each self-adjusting device includes a stop coupled to a side rail, a biasing device disposed between the stop and a corner piece, and an interconnecting plate fixedly coupled to the side rail and slidably coupled to the corner piece for accommodating relative movement therebetween. According to one aspect of the present invention, the interconnecting plate is coupled to the stop. According to another aspect of the present invention, the biasing device is a coil spring. According to still another aspect of the present invention, the interconnecting plate includes a slot for accommodating sliding movement of a fastener passing through the interconnecting plate and coupling the interconnecting plate to the corner piece.

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Elkhart, IN, United States of America

Terry D Dicke