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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ross Weldy, Elkhart, IN (US);
Assignee:
Penda Corporation, Portage, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 3/80 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 3/80 ;
Abstract
A tonneau cover assembly is provided including a front rail, a rear rail, and two side rails. The rear rail and two side rails include a pair of opposed lips defining a channel therein. The channel slidably receives a plurality of snap receptacles for cooperating with mating snaps of a tonneau cover having a snap-type mechanism. The channel also receives a hook-type retention member and retains it therein so that a tonneau cover having a hook-type fastening mechanism can be secured thereto. Accordingly, a single rail network can be used with either a snap-type tonneau cover fastening mechanism or a hook-type tonneau cover fastening mechanism.