US 11,701,951 B2
Deployment system for rolling tarp systems
Kenneth R. Weschke, Jr., Perrysburg, OH (US); Joseph G. Callahan, Maumee, OH (US); and Justin Bjorum, Wyoming, MI (US)
Appl. No. 16/982,958
Filed by Tarpstop, LLC, Perrysburg, OH (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/023005
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/183119, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/721,194, filed on Aug. 22, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/644,884, filed on Mar. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0016644 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B60J 7/06 (2006.01); B62D 33/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/068 (2013.01) [B62D 33/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rolling tarp deployment system comprising:
a flatbed trailer having a bed portion configured to accommodate cargo;
a first bow movable along the flatbed trailer;
a first tensioning assembly having a first member secured to the first bow, a second member secured to the flatbed trailer, and a first actuator motor configured to engage and disengage the first and second members, wherein the first and second members engaged restrains the first bow to the flatbed trailer;
a first motorized roller assembly configured to move the first bow along the flatbed trailer between a deployed position and a retracted position;
a second bow movable along the flatbed trailer;
a second tensioning assembly having a third member secured to the second bow, a fourth member secured to the flatbed trailer, and a second actuator motor configured to engage and disengage the third and fourth members, wherein the third and fourth members engaged moves the second bow away from the first bow and applies a tensioning force to the first bow when the first and second members are engaged; and
a second motorized roller assembly configured to move the second bow along the flatbed trailer between a deployed position and a retracted position; and
a manual drive assembly configured to engage and disengage the first and second members.