Patents by Inventor Bruce Amble

Bruce Amble has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tri-fold tonneau cover usable outside of vehicle
    Patent number: 11027602
    Abstract: A tonneau cover structured to cover a pickup truck cargo bed includes a first cover panel having an exterior surface along a first side of the first cover panel. A transition cover panel is connected to the first cover panel so as to be rotatable with respect to the first cover panel about a first axis of rotation, to both a first side of a first reference plane and a second side of the first reference plane opposite the first side of the first reference plane. A second cover panel is rotatably connected to the transition cover panel so as to be rotatable with respect to the transition cover panel about a second axis of rotation to both a first side of a second reference plane also to a second side of the second reference plane opposite the first side of the second reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Amble
  • TRI-FOLD TONNEAU COVER USABLE OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210155088
    Abstract: A tonneau cover structured to cover a pickup truck cargo bed includes a first cover panel having an exterior surface along a first side of the first cover panel. A transition cover panel is connected to the first cover panel so as to be rotatable with respect to the first cover panel about a first axis of rotation, to both a first side of a first reference plane and a second side of the first reference plane opposite the first side of the first reference plane. A second cover panel is rotatably connected to the transition cover panel so as to be rotatable with respect to the transition cover panel about a second axis of rotation to both a first side of a second reference plane also to a second side of the second reference plane opposite the first side of the second reference plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Bruce Amble