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An improved sliding cover assembly for converting the open body of a truck, or the like, to a closed body. The assembly comprises an articulated-type cover slidably mounted in a pair of parallel tracks of C-shaped cross-section, each of the said tracks having a lengthwise coextensive channel communi

An improved sliding cover assembly for converting the open body of a truck, or the like, to a closed body. The assembly comprises an articulated-type cover slidably mounted in a pair of parallel tracks of C-shaped cross-section, each of the said tracks having a lengthwise coextensive channel communicating with the interior space of the open body. The cover includes a plurality of rectangular panels successively disposed adjacent to one another and extending across said open body. Each panel includes a first semi-cylindrical edge portion and a second, semi-cylindrical edge portion having a radius larger than the radius of the first edge portion, said first edge portion being concentric with, and rotatably received by, said second edge portion of the adjacent panel, the successive panels preferably being alternately wide and narrow, whereby the cover may be wound into a space-saving rolled configuration for storage when the cover is slid to its open position. a rewind tube is mounted on two pinch blocks fixed to the forward end of the open body and on opposite sides thereof. A spring cover tube with a guide wheel at each end is rotatably circumposed about the rewind tube. The forwardmost panel of the cover is attached to the guide wheels such that translational motion of the cover corresponds to rotation of the guide wheels and the spring cover tube. A coil spring having one end attached to the rewind tube and its other end attached to one guide wheel urges the cover to its open position.

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For use in a pickup truck having an open body consisting of a flat bottom, two side walls, a front wall and a tail gage hingedly mounted to the rear end of the bottom, an improved sliding cover assembly having a pair of guide means mounted on the upper portion of the side walls of said open body, th

For use in a pickup truck having an open body consisting of a flat bottom, two side walls, a front wall and a tail gage hingedly mounted to the rear end of the bottom, an improved sliding cover assembly having a pair of guide means mounted on the upper portion of the side walls of said open body, the said guide means comprising a left and a right extruded aluminum track of C-shaped cross-section having lengthwise coextensive channels communicating with the interior space of the open body, water seal means for preventing water leakage between the tracks and the side walls, cover means including a plurality of essentially planar, transversely elongated rectangular panels successively disposed adjacent to one another and extending across said open body, the said panels having end portions slidably mounted in said guide means, each panel having a first semi-cylindrical edge portion and a second semi-cylindrical edge portion having a radius larger than the radius of the first edge portion, said first edge portion being concentric with, and rotatably received by, said second edge portion of the adjacent panel, a plurality of rods, one each of said rods being inserted through each cylindrical space defined by concentric edge portions of two adjacent panels, the length of each of the rods being greater than the length of the panels thereby leaving an exposed end portion of a rod at each end of each panel, wheels rotatably mounted on the said exposed portions of each of the rods, said wheels having a diameter slightly less than the height of the channels of the tracks for rolling therewithin, whereby the panels are maintained in substantially parallel relation and the cover means is made strong and water-tight, spring activated return means mounted at the forward end of said open body and connected to the forward edge portion of said cover means, and latch means mounted at the rearward edge portion of said cover means for securing said cover means in an extended position for converting said open body to a closed body, wherein the improvement comprises arranging the panels such that adjacent panels are alternately wide and narrow, thereby facilitating the winding of the cover means into a space-saving, rolled configuration.