ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,294, issued on April 15.
"Selectively extensible truck bed covering assembly" was invented by Darin Bollschweiler (South Jordan, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A selectively extensible truck bed covering assembly for selectively expanding cargo capacity of a truck bed includes a top panel, a pair of side panels, and a plurality of linear actuators. Each side panel is slidably attached to the top panel and is configured to be hingedly mountable to a respective sidewall of a bed of a truck. The linear actuators are slidably attached to the pair of side panels and mountable to the bed. The linear actuators are positioned to selectiv...