DEVICE ATTACHING THE FRONT EDGE OF A FLEXIBLE TONNEAU COVER TO THE FRONT EDGE OF A TRUCK BED

摘要

A DEVICE ATTACHING THE FRONT EDGE OF A FLEXIBLE TONNEAU COVER (29) TO THE FRONT EDGE OF THE TRUCK BED (23) COMPRISING A RAIL DEVICE AND A FASTENING STRIP (28) MADE OF A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL. THE FASTENING STRIP (28) IS ATTACHED TO THE RAIL DEVICE IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT MAY BE REMOVED AND REINSTALLED. THE RAIL DEVICE MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE FRONT EDGE OF THE TRUCK BED (23) AND THE FASTENING STRIP (28) MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE FRONT EDGE OF THE TONNEAU COVER (29). ONCE THE FASTENING STRIP (28) IS INSTALLED TO THE RAIL DEVICE, THE FASTENING STRIP (28) IS ATTACHED TO THE RAIL DEVICE AND THE WHOLE OF THE FRONT EDGE OF THE TONNEAU COVER (29) IS ATTACHED TO THE FRONT EDGE OF THE TRUCK BED (23). A THIRD FASTENING STRIP PROTRUSION (49) PREVENTS THE FASTENING STRIP (28) FROM BEING DETACHED FROM THE RAIL DEVICE WHILE PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE FASTENING STRIP (28) IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CARGO COMPARTMENT OF THE TRUCK BED (21). THE TONNEAU COVER (29) MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE RAIL DEVICE EITHER BY PULLING THE TONNEAU COVER (29) ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE RAIL DEVICE IN ORDER TO CAUSE IT TO SLIDE OFF THE RAIL DEVICE OR BY PULLING THE TONNEAU COVER (29) AT THE EN9 OF THE FASTENING STRIP (28) PERPENDICULARLY TO THE TOP SURFACE OF THE RAIL BASE (31) IN ORDER TO REMOVE IT FROM THE RAIL DEVICE.