Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Let-down type top
Patent
1994-11-28
1997-10-07
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Let-down type top
296114, B60J 712
Patent
active
056739591
ABSTRACT:
A flexible-roof support for a vehicle. The vehicle has a door opening on each side, each door opening having an upper part. The flexible-roof support includes two side bows, each side bow having a short leg, a long leg, and an elbow where the short and long legs are connected, and distal ends opposite the elbow. The distal ends of the short legs are pivotally attachable to the vehicle above the belt line and behind the door openings, such that the side bows are alignable with the sides of the vehicle and the long legs of the side bows are alignable with the upper part of the door openings. Another embodiment is a flexible-roof support which includes a front bow, two front bow arms, each front bow arm having two ends and, two bow pivots, such that the support may be folded back to form a sun roof, to the flexible-roof support or to a portion of the flexible roof which remains over the passenger compartment. The front bow has a member which substantially spans the width of the vehicle and has two ends. Each end of the front bow is connected to an end of one of the front bow arms. At the other end of each of the front bow arms, A bow pivot is connected.
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