Pickup Truck Cap With Rotating Flip Cover for Tall Cargo Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pickup truck bed covers either reduce loading space or hinder the loading and unloading of large goods, and fail to protect items from sun and rain effectively.
Innovation Solution
A pickup truck bed cover with a flap cover that rotates and has a retractable support, allowing it to switch between open and closed states, increasing loading space and providing protection from the elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a whole flat cover is mounted over the entire bed, then protection from sun and rain is improved, but loading space is reduced and loading/unloading of large goods is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is divided into multiple segments: a fixed front cover plate and a rear cover plate that can rotate between covered and open positions. This segmentation allows the cover to provide protection when needed while enabling full access to the bed when the rear plate is rotated open, resolving the contradiction between protection and loading space accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The rear cover plate is designed to be rotatable around a transverse axis, transforming from a static flat cover into a dynamic structure. When rotated to the open position, it increases the effective loading space and allows easy loading/unloading of large goods, while maintaining protection capabilities when closed.
2Volume of moving object
If a high cover made from spliced panels is used, then loading space is increased and protection from sun and rain is provided, but loading and unloading of large goods is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The rear cover plate is designed to rotate around a transverse axis, transforming from a static high cover into a dynamic structure. When rotated to the open position, it eliminates the barrier for loading large goods while maintaining the protective enclosure when closed, resolving the contradiction between loading space and ease of operation.
3Ease of operation
If the bed is left open, then loading space is maximized and access is easy, but items are vulnerable to sun, rain and theft
Solution Approach 1:
The cover system allows dynamic adjustment between open and closed states. When the rear cover plate is rotated open, full access to the bed is achieved. When closed, it provides protection from sun, rain and theft, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and protection from harmful factors.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a pickup truck cap which includes side enclosure plates and a cover plate. The side enclosure plates fit with and are mounted on a cargo bed of a pickup truck with the cover plate arranged thereabove. The cover plate includes a front cover plate and a rotatable flip cover. The flip cover is connected to the side enclosure plate or the front cover plate, and a telescopic supporting member is provided which can reciprocate between a first state and a second state; when the telescopic supporting member is in the first state, the flip cover is opened; when the telescopic supporting member is in the second state, the flip cover is closed. According to the present invention, the flip cover allows large cargo, especially tall goods, to be loaded and unloaded with the cargo not being exposed to the sun and rain.