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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Rugged Liner, Inc., Owosso, MI (US);
Scott Williamson, Orlando, FL (US);
David Kosinski, Northville, MI (US);
Michael Yang, St. Charles, IL (US);
Xichang Yan, Nanjing, CN;
Jianfeng Tong, Nanjing, CN;
Chengping Wei, Nanjing, CN;
Ronald Brian Smith, Oxford, MI (US);
Daniel David Burger, Bruce Township, MI (US);
James Mays, Flint, MI (US);
Rugged Liner, Inc., Owosso, MI (US);
Abstract
A tonneau cover system includes a plurality of panels coupled to first and second side rails. The panels include a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, and a spacer bar with the spacer bar fixed to the side rails. The first panel pivots relative to the spacer while the spacer remains fixed to the side rails. The third panel pivots relative to the second panel to permit the third panel to be located over the second panel while the spacer remains fixed to the side rails to define an intermediate folded position. The cover further includes a hinge assembly mounted between the second panel and the spacer to enable the second and third panels to pivot relative to the spacer as a unit from the intermediate position to a final position located at least over the spacer bar while the spacer bar remains fixed to the side rails.