Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Let-down type top
Patent
1985-11-07
1987-12-15
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Let-down type top
296 76, 296107, 296124, 294011, 16348, 16361, 16365, B60J 712
Patent
active
047128283
ABSTRACT:
Convertible top apparatus for midengine automobiles, such as the Pontiac Fiero and Toyota MR2, which have a far forwardly extending rear deck lid for accessing the engine, comprises a foldable frame assembly, a pliable top covering for the frame and means for pivotally mounting the frame assembly to the automobile body, for example, after the factory installed hard top is removed, forwardly of the forward end of the rear deck lid. The frame assembly is configured so that rearward portions of the top extend rearwardly over the deck lid when the top is up, portions of the frame assembly stacking on top of forward regions of the rear deck when the top is down. The frame mounting means include mounting brackets fixed to the automobile and hinge members pivotally mounted to the brackets and to which both the deck lid and top frame assembly are connected. The brackets and hinge members are configured so that with the top up, opening the deck lid also pivots up rearward portions of the top. Overlapping slots in the brackets and hinge members enable portions of the folded frame assembly to move in response to opening the deck lid so that the frame is not caused to unfold when the deck lid is opened.
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California Auto Trends
Fowler Allan R.
Pedder Dennis H.
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