Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Handle or assist grip
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-26
2005-04-26
Morrow, Jason (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Handle or assist grip
C296S102000, C296S210000, C296S213000, C280SDIG005
Reexamination Certificate
active
06883846
ABSTRACT:
A top for a small vehicle, such as a golf car, has a roof member and a set of struts that are pivotally attached to the roof member. The struts can be folded for shipping and storage. The top also has features that accommodate stacking of tops for shipping and storage. In addition, a handle is located inboard of an outer periphery of the roof member so that a hand grasping the handle is not exposed outside of the periphery. Furthermore, in one arrangement, the handle is mounted at a location that keeps an occupant's arm within the periphery if the handle is properly grasped. An improved drainage system also is provided to minimize splashing toward occupants.
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Cheek Joel A.
Doucette Louis R.
Fisher Kendall A.
Yoshida Keisuke
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Morrow Jason
YamahaMotor Manufacturing Corporation of America
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