Folding top for vehicle with rigid rear panel

Details Folding top for vehicle with rigid rear panel Folding top for vehicle with rigid rear panel

2006-10-10

2006-10-10

Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Let-down type top

C296S107080, C296S107160, C296S107170

Reexamination Certificate

active

07118161

ABSTRACT:
A retractable top system for a vehicle includes a front section, a middle section, and a rear section. Each of the sections has an inner surface that face the passenger compartment of the vehicle when the top is in the extended position, and an opposed outer surface. The rear section is a rigid panel that extends between opposed side edges and between forward and rearward edges of the rear section. A flexible roof membrane covers at least the outer surfaces of the front section and middle section when the top is in the extended position. When the top is in the retracted position, the outer surface of the front section is directed upwardly and the outer surface of the middle section is directed downwardly.

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