ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. RE50,956, issued on July 21, was assigned to Wenzhou Chaoming Auto Parts Co. Ltd. (Zhejiang, China).

"Bed cover of pickup truck" was invented by Lanhua Cai (Wenzhou, China) and Yi Lin (Wenzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is relevant to a bed cover of pickup truck. The bed cover of pickup truck includes one bed cover. The bed cover includes at least two plates. The adjacent plates are connected by rotating shaft structure. The rotating shaft structure includes a plate-like pedestal, two connectors which form a rotary connection with the pedestal. This invention provides a bed cover of pickup truck with simple structu...