Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Let-down type top
Patent
1987-04-10
1989-01-24
Silverberg, Fred
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Let-down type top
296146, 16225, 16382, 16385, E05D 102
Patent
active
047997273
ABSTRACT:
An improved hinge is provided for interconnecting window panes or the like, wherein the hinge is particularly adapted for use in a folding rear window of an automotive vehicle having a fold-down convertible top. The hinge comprises an elongated one-piece extrusion of flexible elastomer material shaped to define a back-to-back pair of generally U-shaped channel strips joined together by a short hinge segment along one side thereof. The channel strips are respectively secured with substantial bond area to adjacent edges of a pair of window panes, with the hinge segment acccommodating relatively free swinging movement of the panes betweeen a normal position lying generally in a common plane and a folded or stacked position for compact storage.
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Agosta Roy P.
Robbins Douglas W.
Robbins Mark R.
Robbins Auto Top Co., Inc.
Silverberg Fred
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