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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2022
Rivian Ip Holdings, Llc, Plymouth, MI (US);
Kaitlyn Benoit, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Austin Lee Frederickson, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Christian V. Elder, Irvine, CA (US);
Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle accessory system includes a tonneau cover to be adaptably disposed onto a vehicle in a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the tonneau cover retractably overlaps a cargo area of the vehicle, in which the tonneau cover is attached to a perimeter of the cargo area via an attachment mechanism configured to cause the tonneau cover to extend so as to cover the cargo area and to retract so as to uncover the cargo area. In the second configuration, the tonneau cover detachably couples at a first end portion to a roof of the vehicle, such that a second end portion of the tonneau cover extends outward perpendicularly, relative to the vehicle, so as to at least partially overlap an area underneath the second end portion and alongside the vehicle.