ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,868, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Tune Outdoor LLC (Denver).
"Truck bed camper" was invented by Kristian Arnold (Golden, Colo.) and Broc Patterson (Indian Hills, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A truck bed camper includes a frame system configured to support a pop-up roof. The frame system includes a roof frame, an intermediate frame, and a pair of cargo side frames. Each of the frames are formed by a plurality of extruded rails coupled together by a high strength plastic bracket. The roof frame, the intermediate frame, and the cargo side frames each having different rail and bracket profiles from each other. Hinge suppo...