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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
James Tilton, Palmdale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/02 ;
Abstract
A dual purpose truck bed cover includes a pair of door panels that are hinged respectively to the sidewalls of a truck bed. The panels are suitable for deployment into an upwardly raised position so as to extend the height of the cargo bed storage cavity of the truck. In such a raised position, stabilizing braces are provided for releasably supporting the panels in the upright, raised position. The door panels are alternately deployed into a closed position completely covering the storage cavity of the truck bed and a latch device is provided for releasably holding the door panels in the closed position.