Michael S Grimes

US Patent:

20140339850, Nov 20, 2014

Filed:

May 15, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/278012

Inventors:

- Indianapolis IN, US
Michael J. Grimes - Atwater OH, US

Assignee:

Aero Industries, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

International Classification:

B60J 7/08
B60P 7/04

US Classification:

29610018

Abstract:

A bow system is provided for an open-topped container body having a cover sized and configured to extend laterally across the body from one side rail to the other side rail. The bow system includes a plurality of curved bows pivotably mounted at one end to one side rail and sized to extend in a curved path over the open-top of the container body to engage the other side rail at an opposite end of the bows. A ridge pole assembly is provided that includes first and second ridge pole segments, each of the segments pivotably engaged to a corresponding number of the plurality of curved bows. A tether element is coupled between the facing ends of the ridge pole segments that permits movement of the segments relative to each other as the bow system is moved between a deployed configuration in which the plurality of curved bows extend across the open-top of the container body and a retracted position in which the curved bows are substantially outside the open-top of the container body.