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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Virgil R Dutton, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ; B62D / ; B60P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
410110 ; 410115 ; 296 392 ; 296100 ;
Abstract
Slotted rails are mounted to the tops of the sides, ends and tailgate of a pickup truck box. Each rail has an outwardly extending flange resting on the top of the truck box. The rails are fastened to the box by screws extending through holes in the rails and outwardly into the inside wall of the truck box at the sides and ends. There are longitudinally spaced slots in the rail above the flange. An outwardly opening longitudinally extending groove in the flange receives and secures a reinforced hem of a tonneau cover. One embodiment of the rail has a longitudinally extending downwardly opening groove in the bottom of the rail receiving the upper edge portion of a truck bed liner.