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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2002
Philip L. Cupelli, Louisville, TN (US);
Leslie P. Dreher, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
John Burke, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Steven M. Knowles, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Terrence D. Kalley, Troy, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
An accessory attachment winding device with rolling and positioning capabilities for installing, removing and storing a tonneau cover or other vehicle covering is disclosed. The accessory system is provided with preferred features of integral-unitary construction or multiple base member construction with extending inter-fitting and sliding parts, so that the device can be adjusted in terms of position and dimension to connect and attach to complimentary coupling or connection portions of a tonneau, vehicle or other covering. In its method and function of operation the device houses and presents complimenting coupling members which can be adjusted in terms of their positional relationship as housed in a respective base member, or in terms of the extensible, sliding and positional features of the cooperating base members utilized in the method and device of the present invention.