A contour filler bracket for use on a bulkhead of a cargo box of a pickup truck, wherein the bulkhead has a nonlinear top edge contour, and a tonneau cover panel is provided. The contour filler bracket includes a longitudinally extending bracket member having a front edge and a rear edge spaced apart from the front edge. The front edge of the bracket member at least approximates at least a portion of the nonlinear top edge contour of the bulkhead. A front edge of the tonneau cover panel is configured to overlap the rear edge of the bracket member to shroud at least a portion of the cargo box adjacent the bulkhead. A tonneau cover assembly for use on a cargo box of a pickup truck having a bulkhead with a nonlinear top edge contour is also provided. The tonneau cover assembly includes a bulkhead panel configured to shroud at least a portion of the cargo box. The bulkhead panel includes a nonlinear leading edge that at least approximates at least a portion of the nonlinear top edge contour of the bulkhead.
Contoured Truck Bed Bulkhead Panel and Bracket
2025-05-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
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