Truck cap edge trim strip

Claim 1

A trim strip for the edge of a truck bed cap adapted to be attached to a truck bed having a peripheral upper rail therearound, said trim strip comprising: a horizontally elongated base portion composed of a flexible material and having an elongated bendable metal reinforcement strip secured thereto, said elongated base portion being bendable in at least one plane to conform to the peripheral upper rail of the truck bed; fastening means for securing said elongated base portion to a side of the truck bed cap adjacent a lower peripheral edge thereof; and a horizontally elongated cover strip adapted to be attached to said base portion after said base portion has been secured to the truck bed cap, said cover strip concealing said fastener means in an overlying relationship therewith when said cover strip is attached to said base portion, said base portion including an inwardly-directed, generally horizontal portion extending under the lower peripheral edge of the truck bed cap between the truck bed cap and the peripheral upper rail of the truck bed, an upwardly-directed, generally vertical portion of said base portion disposed against a side of the truck bed cap adjacent the lower peripheral edge thereof, said fastening means securing said vertical portion to the truck bed cap, and a pair of horizontally elongated, vertically spaced-apart upper and lower sockets on said base portion for receiving said horizontally elongated cover strip in a snapped-in relationship therewith, said cover strip having horizontally elongated enlarged portions on its upper and lower edges, said upper and lower enlarged portions being receivable in said upper and lower sockets respectively in a snapped-in engagement therewith, said fastening means being disposed between said upper and lower sockets on said base portion and concealed by said cover strip when said cover strip is snapped onto said base portion.