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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2014
Cixi City Liyuan Auto Parts Co., Ltd, Cixi, CN;
Enli Xu, Cixi, CN;
CIXI CITY LIYUAN AUTO PARTS CO., LTD., Cixi, CN;
Abstract
Embodiments provide fastening slats for use in a flexible tonneau cover system for covering and sealing a bed of a pickup truck. The fastening slat may include a substantially flat elongated slat having a width and a thickness. The elongated slat may be insertable in a channel of a side rail of the flexible tonneau cover system. The fastening slat may also include a first fastening portion coupled with a substrate that is configured to wrap around at least a portion of the elongated slat such that at least a portion of the substrate contacts a bottom surface of the elongated slat. The first fastening portion may be coupleable to a second fastening portion of a flexible cover of the flexible tonneau cover system that is extendable over a bed of a pickup truck.