US Patent Issued to Extang on May 26 for "Tonneau cover system and lock assembly for a tonneau cover system" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,942, issued on May 26, was assigned to Extang Corp. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Tonneau cover system and lock assembly for a tonneau cover system" was invented by Anthony Becker (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tonneau cover system for covering a cargo area of a vehicle, the tonneau cover system including: a side rail configured to attach to a side wall of the cargo area of the vehicle, the side rail comprising a bottom wall; a cover comprising a plurality of slats, the plurality of slats comprising a tail slat connected to a slat, the tail slat comprising one or more rollers that are supported on a top surface of the bottom w...