B60J7/1621

Vehicle convertible top systems

A vehicle includes a vehicle body including a truck bed at least partially defining a cargo area, a vehicle interior with passenger seating, and a multi-component hard top assembly configured to selectively and removably couple to the vehicle body to provide an enclosed configuration at least partially enclosing the vehicle interior. The multi-component hard top assembly includes a rear window assembly configured to selectively and removably couple to the vehicle body.

Popup Camper
20240268574 · 2024-08-15 · ·

Disclosed is a mattress for a pop-up camper including a first mattress section, a first folding line, a second folding line, a second mattress section foldably connected to the first mattress section at the first folding line, and a third mattress section foldably connected to the first mattress section at the second folding line, where the first folding line and the second folding line are nonparallel.

Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing vehicle bed extensions
10124712 · 2018-11-13 ·

Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, which can comprise a platform. The platform can comprise a pair of brackets via which said platform is coupleable to corresponding flanges of a vehicle. The platform, once coupled, can extend a bed of the vehicle such that, if one or more transported items are larger than the bed of the vehicle, the one or more transported items are transportable via the vehicle.

Hinged top door for trailer

A top-loadable cargo trailer has one or more top doors mounted to a container using hinge assemblies which are located entirely within a perimeter of the container when the top door is closed. In this way, no part of the full width, length, or height of the container is taken up by overhanding hinges, and in jurisdictions limiting container width, length, and height no amount of container volume is sacrificed due to hinge overhang. The hinge assemblies have a compound, or dual hinge biased by a resistance mechanism such as a coil spring to provide an orderly opening and closing sequence of the top door. When fully open, the top door hangs vertically flush against the container wall, thus minimize hazard to works and equipment moving about the container.

AUTOMATIC HATCH FOR BULK MATERIAL VEHICLES
20180313131 · 2018-11-01 ·

An automatic hatch assembly for bulk material containers, and especially for bulk material containers on vehicles, provides for the remote control and automated operation of opening/closing, locking/unlocking, and/or sealing/unsealing hatch functions. The hatch covers a fill opening of the container, and may be retrofitted to existing containers equipped with conventional hatch covers. A drive unit is operable to open and close the hatch cover, and a locking assembly actuates extendable lock members. Optionally, a pneumatic seal is provided within the cover for sealing the container from the outside environment. The locking assembly may be particularly well-suited to resisting opening forces applied to the cover, such as when the container is pressurized, and a sequencing controller may be provided to facilitate automated operation.

Modified pickup truck cap and storage system for use with a pickup truck and methods of making and using same
10086684 · 2018-10-02 ·

A pickup truck cap and storage system, including a pickup truck having a truck bed and a plurality of truck bed sidewalls operatively connected to the truck bed, a frame assembly operatively connected to one end of the truck bed and a portion of each of the plurality of truck bed sidewalls, a pickup truck cap assembly operatively connected to the plurality of truck bed sidewalls and the frame assembly, a door assembly operatively connected to the frame assembly and located adjacent to one end of the pickup truck cap assembly, wherein the truck bed, the plurality of truck bed sidewalls, the pickup truck cap assembly, and the door assembly, when operatively connected, form an interior space in the pickup truck cap and storage system, and a storage system assembly located within the interior of the pickup truck cap and storage system.

Hinged Cover for Pickup Truck Bed

A hinged cover for enclosing the bed of a pickup truck. A front mount assembly comprises a generally rectangular front panel, generally triangular driver side panel extending rearwardly from a side of the generally rectangular front panel, and generally triangular passenger side panel extending rearwardly from an opposite side of the generally rectangular front panel. A first inner hinge plate mounts to the driver side panel and a second inner hinge plate mounts to the passenger side panel. A first outer hinge plate mounts to the first inner hinge plate. A second outer hinge plate mounts to the second inner hinge plate. A movable section configured to cover the bed is hingedly attached to front mount assembly via rods extending from the outer hinge plates and passing through a frame of the movable section. The movable section rotates about the rods between an open and closed positions.

Tonneau cover having secured flexible hinge

A tonneau cover apparatus for removable attachment to a cargo box of a pickup truck including a support frame assembly and a cover assembly. The cover assembly includes a plurality of pivotally interconnected rigid panels that can be folded up and secured to the cargo box such that respective upper surfaces of at least two of the plurality of rigid panels reside in an upright folded orientation. The tonneau cover apparatus further includes a mechanism for securing the at least two of the plurality of rigid panels in the upright folded orientation. A method of removably securing the tonneau cover apparatus to the pickup truck is also described, as is an alternate embodiment of the tonneau cover apparatus, wherein the cover assembly includes first and second pivotally interconnected rigid panels and a pair of hinge support mechanisms that generally restrict the way the second rigid panel pivots.

ROTARY VALVE AND FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATOR UNIT INCLUDING ROTARY VALVE
20180266572 · 2018-09-20 · ·

A rotary valve that controls a flow rate at which working oil is supplied to and discharged from a hydraulic cylinder that causes a wing to rotate about a rotary shaft includes a rotor that rotates as the wing rotates about the rotary shaft, and a first control flow passage and a second control flow passage formed in the rotor to control the flow rate at which the working fluid is supplied to and discharged from the hydraulic cylinder, wherein the first control flow passage and the second control flow passage respectively vary a resistance exerted on a flow of the working fluid passing therethrough as the rotor rotates.

WATERPROOF TOP DOOR FOR TRAILER
20180244138 · 2018-08-30 ·

A trailer has a container with top doors having a frame and weatherproof thermoplastic inserts. Sealing flaps are provided at edges of the top doors to make sealing contact with sidewall top rails or top edges of end walls and tailgate. The top doors have angled extensions with grooves for ball gaskets to overlap in hand-in-hand fashion to form a reliable seal where the top doors come together. The system provides a weatherproof means to enclose the container to prevent or deter entry of water.