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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2021
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 a 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 relative to the canister; and a retraction system including: a drive roller; one or more drive gears; and a bias member that moves the drive roller and the one or more gears to assist in moving the tonneau cover relative to the canister.