ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,664, issued on May 13, was assigned to Extang Corp. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
"Tonneau cover release system" was invented by Anthony Becker (Saline, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A release system of a tonneau cover, the release system comprising: (a) a spring latch, wherein the spring latch is located adjacent to or at least partially within an opening of a side rail of the tonneau cover to engage a drive system of the tonneau cover located within the side rail; and (b) a release latch connected to the spring latch by a release cable so that articulation of the release latch moves the spring latch between an engaged position, where ...