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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2019
Inventions Incorporated, Llc, Huntsville, AL (US);
Timothy Smith, Huntsville, AL (US);
INVENTIONS INCORPORATED, LLC, Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
A shroud for a truck bed tailgate may have a set of platens adapted for engagement with a pick-up truck having truck bed, and a tailgate pivotable about a tailgate pivot axis. The set of platens may have a first platen adapted to be fixedly engaged with the truck bed, the first platen defining a hinge cover pivot axis parallel to the tailgate pivot axis. The shroud may further have a hinge cover, the hinge cover being rotatably engaged with the first platen to rotate about the hinge cover pivot axis between a first orientation wherein it extends over the elongated tailgate clearance gap, and a second orientation wherein it is clear of the tailgate when the tailgate is in the closed position.