Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Valance
Patent
1976-09-02
1979-01-30
Reeves, Robert B.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Valance
292DIG5, 296137H, B60J 706
Patent
active
041369068
ABSTRACT:
A folding roof assembly for a vehicle having a roof with an opening therein, the assembly comprising a support member extending transversely of the opening and having at its ends guides slidble in guide members mounted at opposite sides of the opening, a cover plate disposed above the support member, a flexible cover attached at one end to the cover plate and at the other end to the roof at one end of the opening, two operating devices adjacent the ends of the support member connected between the latter and the cover plate, a turnable handle mounted on the support member at a position between said devices, and two flexible drive elements such as belts operatively connecting the handle to the respective devices, the arrangement being that the support member is movable relative to the opening between a position in which the cover is extended and closes the opening, a position in which the cover is folded up and the roof is open and intermediate positions in which the roof is partially open, and the operating devices are operable by the handle through the flexible drive elements to lower the cover plate relative to the support member so that its ends engage the portions of the roof at opposite sides of the opening thereby to lock the assembly in position, and to raise the cover plate thereby to release the assembly, such movement of the cover plate being in directions solely perpendicular to the general plane of the plate. The operating devices each comprises two relatively turnable parts with co-operating cams. The guides are adjustable relative to the support member.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1835405 (1931-12-01), Kaplan et al.
patent: 2861836 (1958-11-01), Goeggel
patent: 3414320 (1968-12-01), Heim
patent: 3580629 (1971-05-01), Heim
Ireland Alfred L.
Osborne Raymond B.
Edward Rose (Birmingham) Limited
Forman Michael J.
Reeves Robert B.
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