Systems and methods for a truck box cover
View Patent ↗Systems for a truck box cover and more particularly to a truck box cover system configured to transform to suit multiple load types and still protect the load from outside elements. The truck box cover system has a plurality of electrically controlled telescoping columns and sides made of compliant material for raising and lowering the cover and maintaining a closed configuration.
1. A truck box cover system comprising:
a first frame configured to attach to a truck box, the first frame comprising a first rail member with a first rail member enclosure and a second rail member, opposite the first rail member, with a second rail member enclosure;
a second frame;
a plurality of telescopic assemblies operatively connected to the first frame and the second frame and configured to move the second frame relative to the first frame between two positions: a first position and a second position;
a top comprising a first compliant material supported by the second frame; and
a second compliant material supported by and extending from the first frame to the second frame;
whereby the top is substantially removable from the second frame;
whereby in the first position the first frame and the second frame are juxtaposed and the second compliant member is substantially retained within the first rail member enclosure and the second rail member enclosure; and
whereby in the second position the first frame and the second frame are spaced apart and the second compliant member is at least substantially taut, defining a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall.
2. The truck box cover system of claim 1 , whereby the first and second compliant members comprise weatherproof material.
3. The truck box cover system of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first and second compliant members comprises a stretch tent textile.
4. A truck box cover system comprising:
a first frame configured to attach to a truck box;
a second frame;
wherein the second frame comprises a first cover member extending from a first end portion to a second end portion; a second cover member, opposite the first cover member, extending from a first end portion to a second end portion; a third cover member extending from the first end portion of the first cover member to the first end portion of the second cover member; and a fourth cover member extending from the second end portion of the first cover member to the second end portion of the second cover member;
whereby the fourth cover member is detachably connected to the first and second cover members;
a plurality of telescopic assemblies operatively connected to the first frame and the second frame and configured to move the second frame relative to the first frame between two positions: a first position and a second position;
a top comprising a first compliant material supported by the second frame; and
a second compliant material supported by and extending from the first frame to the second frame;
whereby the top is substantially removable from the second frame;
whereby in the first position the first frame and the second frame are juxtaposed; and
whereby in the second position the first frame and the second frame are spaced apart and the second compliant member is at least substantially taut, defining a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall.
5. The truck box cover system of claim 4 , wherein the first compliant material comprises a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
wherein a hook-and-loop material extends along the first and second sides of the first compliant material and a compatible hook-and-loop material extends along the first cover member from the first end portion to the second end portion and along the second cover member from the first end portion to the second end portion.
6. The truck box cover system of claim 4 , wherein the fourth cover member comprises a pair of latches, wherein one latch is configured to interface with the second end portion of the first cover member and the other latch is configured to interface with the second end portion of the second cover member.
7. The truck box cover system of claim 6 , wherein each of the pair of latches comprises a spring-loaded rod.
8. The truck box cover system of claim 7 further comprising a first cam member affixed to the second end portion of the first cover member and a second cam member affixed to the second end portion of the second cover member, whereby the first and second cam members are configured to interface with the spring-loaded rods of the pair of latches, respectively.
9. The truck box cover system of claim 4 , wherein the first frame comprises a first rail member extending from a first end portion to a second end portion; a second rail member, opposite the first rail member, extending from a first end portion to a second end portion; and a third rail member extending from the first end portion of the first rail member to the first end portion of the second rail member;
whereby the second compliant material extends along and between the first frame and the second frame from the second end portions of the first rail member and the first cover member to the second end portions of the second rail member and the second cover member.
10. The truck box cover system of claim 9 further comprising a rear panel having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
whereby in the second position the first side of the rear panel is configured to extend from the second end portion of the first cover member to the second end portion of the second cover member and the second side of the rear panel is configured to extend from the second end portion of the first rail member to the second end portion of the second rail member.
11. The truck box cover system of claim 10 , wherein the rear panel further comprises a third side extending from the first side to the second side and a fourth side opposite the third side;
whereby the third and fourth sides are configured to be attached to the second compliant material.
12. The truck box cover system of claim 11 , whereby the attachment of the rear panel is weatherproof.
13. The truck box cover system of claim 10 , wherein the rear panel is removable.
14. The truck box cover system of claim 4 further comprising a plurality of removable cover supports;
whereby the first cover member further comprises a shelf extending from the first end portion to the second end portion of the first cover member and the second cover member further comprises a shelf extending from the first end portion to the second end portion of the second cover member; and
whereby the plurality of removable cover supports are configured to set upon and extend between the shelf of the first cover member and the shelf of the second cover member.
15. The truck box cover system of claim 1 , wherein the movement of the second frame relative to the first frame by the telescopic assemblies is electrically controlled.
16. The truck box cover system of claim 15 , whereby the electric control is configured to be operated remotely.
17. The truck box cover system of claim 1 further comprising a rack system;
the rack system comprising a plurality of upstanding members and a plurality of cross members;
whereby each of the plurality of upstanding members is configured to removably interface with the second frame; and
whereby pairs of the plurality of upstanding members are positioned across from one another and each of the plurality of cross members is removably attached to one such pair of the plurality of upstanding members.
18. The truck box cover system of claim 4 , wherein the movement of the second frame relative to the first frame by the telescopic assemblies is electrically controlled.
19. The truck box cover system of claim 4 further comprising a rack system;
the rack system comprising a plurality of upstanding members and a plurality of cross members;
whereby each of the plurality of upstanding members is configured to removably interface with the second frame; and
whereby pairs of the plurality of upstanding members are positioned across from one another and each of the plurality of cross members is removably attached to one such pair of the plurality of upstanding members.