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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2023
Extang Corporation, 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 retraction system having a track; and a tonneau cover having a plurality of tonneau sections, including: one or more latch bar connectors, each including a male latch connector and a female latch connector; a tonneau cap including: one or more tail connectors, each including a male connector and a female connector; the male connector engages the female latch connector and the female connector engages the male latch connector to form a fixed connection between the tonneau cap and the plurality of tonneau sections, the retraction system moves the tonneau cover, the tonneau cap extends beyond the track when the tonneau cover is in the closed position and the connection between the one or more latch bar connectors and the one or more tail connectors support the tonneau cap when the tonneau cap extends beyond the track.