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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hartley Ellingson, Wahpeton, ND (US);
Assignee:
Frontier, Inc., Wahpeton, ND (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 98 ; 160243 ; 1602 / ; 135903 ; 135D / ; 220262 ; 220314 ; 196100 ;
Abstract
A tarp assembly for covering an open top of a truck trailer has a tarp with a longitudinal edge fixed to one side of the trailer. A roll bar secured to the free edge of the tarp is rotated with a crank rod to roll the tarp to an open position and unroll the tarp to a closed position. A hold bar fixed to the free edge of the tarp with a plurality of straps is adapted to engage hooks secured to a side of the trailer to hold the tarp in a closed position. The hooks guide the straps and retain the hold bar in alignment for mutual engagement with the hooks.