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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
May. 07, 1997
David Lund, Andover, MN (US);
Larry J Thomsen, Maple Lake, MN (US);
Michael J Sterling, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Joel Johnson, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Lund Industries, Incorporated, Anoka, MN (US);
Abstract
An tonneau cover for a pickup truck having a tapered bed construction is provided by the present invention. The tonneau cover includes a driver side rail for mounting to a driver sidewall of a pickup truck bed; a passenger side rail for mounting to passenger sidewall of pickup truck bed; and a rigid panel for slideably mounted along the driver side rail and the passenger side rail, and having a tapered construction which allows the rigid panel to fit between and adjacent a driver sidewall and a passenger sidewall of a pickup truck bed having a tapered bed construction.