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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 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 tonneau system that includes tonneau cover and a canister. The canister includes one or more tracks for guiding the tonneau cover within the canister during movement of the tonneau cover into the canister; and a retraction system including: a drive roller; one or more lines connecting the drive roller to the tonneau cover; a bias member that moves the drive roller and the one or more lines to assist in moving the tonneau cover into the canister, and a tensioner.