Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – With distinct wind deflector
Patent
1989-04-06
1990-12-18
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
With distinct wind deflector
296102, 294011, B60R 2700
Patent
active
049781618
ABSTRACT:
An inverted U-shaped band member, having opposite upwardly and inwardly directed pillar portions joined by a central bar portion, has protruding elements that fit through peripheral openings on opposite sides of the rear of a vehicle passenger compartment, to releasably lock the band member in place of a conventional convertible top to give a readily-removable Targa-like, integral roll bar apparatus option. A preferred band member is sectioned with left and right halves aligned by rods in one half that fit into open end tubes in the other. Alignment is assured by inserting the tubing in a unitary structure prior to sectioning the member. A clamp and hook arrangement locks the joined sections together. The sides of the band have hollows for attaching a hubcap-type manufacturer's emblem on the band member.
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Focarino Margaret A.
Franz Warren L.
Hoge Gary C.
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