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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2020
Tectum Holdings Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Chad Carter, Manchester, MI (US);
Ryan DeLong, Stockbridge, MI (US);
Jerome Facchinello, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
William Cohoon, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Robert Gaarder, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Wilbur Paul Winkle, III, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Extang Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A retraction system for a tonneau cover system, the retraction system includes: an adjuster shaft; a bias member disposed around the adjuster shaft; a drive roller in communication with the bias member; an adjuster configured to permit rotation of the bias member to increase or decrease an amount of force or torque provided by the bias member; a line connected to the drive roller and to one or more tonneau sections of the tonneau cover system, and a clamp that extends around the adjuster.