Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Load cover
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-22
2005-02-22
Coletta, Lori L. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Load cover
C296S107040, C296S108000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06857684
ABSTRACT:
A hard-top convertible roof apparatus is provided. Another aspect of the present invention employs rigid hard-top front and/or rear roof sections. A further aspect of the present invention provides that the outside surfaces of retractable roof sections have a generally vertical orientation when in their open and retracted positions. In yet another aspect of the present invention, a roof structure has diverging peripheral flanges. A first roof flange retains a roof-to-roof weatherstrip and an adjacent second roof flange retains an interior trim panel, in still another aspect of the present invention.
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ASC Incorporated
Coletta Lori L.
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
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