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Truck-box cover

CA 1259361 A · Owner: Brodersen, Lloyd A. · Inventors: Brodersen, Lloyd A.; Bird, James

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

A cover for a pickup truck box includes a sheet of flexible material that is wound onto a shaft extendingacross the front of the truck box. The flexible material is reinforced with spaced transverse ribs and carries an end panel that secures to the tail gate of the truck box. The side edges of the panel and the ends of the stiffening ribs ride in shallow channels mounted on the tops of the side walls of the truck box. The shaft and the end panel can be locked into position using padlocks.

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  • Granted September 12, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 12, 2006.
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FiledAugust 5, 1988
GrantedSeptember 12, 1989
Term endedSeptember 12, 2006
Patent numberCA 1259361 A
Classification (IPC)B60J11/00 +1 more

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198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedAug 5, 1988Patent grantedSep 12, 1989Term endedSep 12, 2006

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