| 摘要 |
IMPROVED PICKUP TRUCK CAP The invention relates to an improved shell-type pickup truck cap having a means for preventing damage to the cap when it is being installed on, or removedfrom, the bed of a pickup truck, or when said cap is being transported to or from storage. The cap comprises a substantially planar top, logitudinal sidewalls and a rear wall of a substantially inverted U-shaped configuration, which typical-ly is or includes a hatch. An elongated support, or spacing bar, is provided tobe rigidly positioned across the opposite internal bottom portions of the side-walls. The support bar is suitably detachably secured to the bottom rear portions of each of the sidewalls to span the distance between the sidewalls and to substantially prevent inward or outward movement of the sidewalls. In this manner damage to the upper rear of the cap is prevented while the cap is being installed on, removed from, a pickup truck bed, or while the cap is being transported to or from storage. In a further embodiment, the cap includes a rear hatch and thesupport bar is combined with the hatch latch. In such embodiment the latch endseach have a means for detachably securing the ends of the support bar-latch to the lower rear sidewalls of the cap and a means to hold the latch ends in a rigid, extended position is provided.
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