Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Let-down type top
Patent
1988-07-06
1990-05-29
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Let-down type top
296121, 296122, B60
Patent
active
049290150
ABSTRACT:
A foldable frame of the present invention is provided for supporting a convertible top of a vehicle having a tonneau space. The foldable frame is movable between a retracted and an extended position and includes a main hoop mounted to respective opposite sides of the vehicle for pivotable movement about a transverse axis of the vehicle, a pair of main guide rods, a pair of foldable roof side frames, a pair of roof frame guide rods for controlling the movement of the front members of each of the foldable roof side frames, and an intermediate hoop situated intermediate the roof front frame and the main hoop. The main hoop is of substantially trapezoidal shape and inculdes a pair of laterally spaced-apart diverging side members. The ends of the intermediate hoop are coupled to one of the roof frame guide rods for pivotable movement in relation thereto so that the length of the intermediate hoop is variable during retraction and extension of the foldable frame. The main guide rod is deflectable along a transverse axis of the vehicle so that each pair of roof side frame members is aligned in side-by-side relation with its companion inclined side member of the main hoop when the fold frame is moved to its retracted position. The tonneau space is increased when the foldable frame is fully retracted since the tonneau space is determined substantially by the diverging outwardly-canted side members of the trapezoidally shaped main hoop instead of the more narrow space between the substantially spaced-apart parallel roof side frames.
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Daimler-Benz AG
Pedder Dennis H.
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