ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,644, issued on April 22, was assigned to Leer Group (Elkhart, Ind.).
"Folding cover attachment systems" was invented by Eugene A. Dylewski II (Granger, Ind.), Christopher David Mattison (Granger, Ind.), John William Bevis III (Mishawaka, Ind.) and Thomas Augustine Hubbard (South Bend, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A truck that includes a bed section located rear of a cab section where the bed section is bounded on each side by opposing first and second upward-extending side walls, respectively. The truck includes a tonneau cover which has a first panel section pivotable with respect to the opposing first and second upward-extend...