Automotive vehicle with repositionable D-pillar roof structure

Details Automotive vehicle with repositionable D-pillar roof structure Automotive vehicle with repositionable D-pillar roof structure

2005-09-22

2008-08-12

Pape, Joseph D (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Enclosed compartment

C296S026080, C296S216010

Reexamination Certificate

active

07410198

ABSTRACT:
An automotive vehicle body includes a tailgate and a repositionable D-pillar structure which is slidingly engaged with the body and movable from a first position adjacent the tailgate to a second position forward of the tailgate. A sliding backlite may either be retracted within the tailgate or carried upon and moved with the D-pillar structure. In one embodiment, quarter window panels, which may be either glass or other types of solid panels, are positionable within either the window openings of the D-pillar roof structure or within housings contained within the vehicle's quarter panels.

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