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A cover system for a pickup truck bed having an open top defined by vertical spaced apart side walls, and a front wall is disclosed. The cover system includes a rollable cover unit which has the capability of being either completely or partially extended or retracted to close or expose the truck bed

A cover system for a pickup truck bed having an open top defined by vertical spaced apart side walls, and a front wall is disclosed. The cover system includes a rollable cover unit which has the capability of being either completely or partially extended or retracted to close or expose the truck bed. The cover portion consists of a multiplicity of adjacent transverse rigid panels which are continuously connected along their transverse length by flexible resilient connecting strip members of flexible and water resistant material. The cover unit is extended or retracted by a drive system located at the upper forward section of the truck bed. The drive system includes one or more pinion-type cylindrical drive roller members intermediate the side walls of the truck bed which are in driving contact with and have teeth to positively engage rack-type teeth on the underside of the cover panels. Controls and motor means are provided to control and activate the drive system. A power driven reeling system is provided adjacent to the drive system and connected to the cover unit so that movement of the reeling system will also assist the cover unit to the extended or retracted. The reeling system is linked in a coordinated manner with the drive roller members. In one embodiment, when the tailgate of the truck is removed or absent, the rear opening of the truck bed will be covered by driving the cover unit to the floor at the rear of the truck bed.

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A cover system for a pickup-type truck or the like having an elongated truck bed with a horizontal truck bed floor portion, a pair of laterally spaced parallel vertically extending side wall portions, and a front end vertical wall portion defining a cargo space therebetween with an open top portion

A cover system for a pickup-type truck or the like having an elongated truck bed with a horizontal truck bed floor portion, a pair of laterally spaced parallel vertically extending side wall portions, and a front end vertical wall portion defining a cargo space therebetween with an open top portion and an openable rear end portion, the system comprising: cover means for covering the open top portion of the truck bed and being movable from an open storage position whereat the opening is uncovered and a closed covering position whereat the opening is closed by the cover means; laterally spaced parallel cover guide and support track means mounted along a top portion of both of said truck bed side wall portions for slidably guiding and supporting said cover means during movement between said open storage position and said closed covering position; said cover means comprising: a plurality of separate elongated rigid panel members having a length such as to extend transversely across the entire width of the cargo space between said track means and having side edge portions located in side by side relationship and having opposite end portions mounted on and supported by said track means; separate flexible resilient pivotal panel connecting and sealing means having side edge portions for continuously connecting adjacent side edge portions of adjacent ones of said separate panel members to one another along the entire length of said panel members between said track mean and for preventing fluid flow through the space between adjacent panel members across the cargo space; housing means located within said cargo space beneath said open top portion at the front end of the truck bed for holding said cover means in the open storage position; cover drive means mounted in said housing means for driving engagement with said panel members intermediate said track means and for moving said cover means between said open storage position and said closed covering position; reel means in said housing means for supporting said cover means and enabling said cover means to be wound thereabout during movement from the closed covering position to the open storage position and to be unwound therefrom during movement from the open storage position t the closed covering position; and motor means mounted in said housing means and being operably connected to said cover drive means and said reel means for selectively causing synchronized movement of said cover means between said open storage position and said closed covering position by positive direct synchronized driving engagement between said cover means and each of said cover drive means and said reel means.