Panel cover for a forward area of the frame opening of a top sto

Details Panel cover for a forward area of the frame opening of a top sto Panel cover for a forward area of the frame opening of a top sto

1997-09-12

1999-10-19

Pape, Joseph D.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Cover

29610708, 296 3716, B60J 720

Patent

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059675934

ABSTRACT:
A panel cover assembly is provided for a forward area of a frame opening of a top storage compartment into which, when the rear lid is open, a folding top with a fixed rear end can be folded inward. A cover panel serves as a parcel shelf when the top is closed, which cover panel is displaced rearward when the top is opened. Side flaps are arranged with mirror symmetry and articulated to ends of the cover panel. Mechanical forced control of the folding motion of the side flaps is provided as a function of the position of the cover panel that is displaceable in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle. The side flaps are constantly urged by springs in an upwardly folded direction and are each foldable downwardly and backwardly into their covering positions by a tensioning cable that is secured to the forward end by displacement of the cover panel rearward into its covering position. A deflecting guide structure for the corresponding tensioning cable fastened to the side flap at its rear end being provided on the lateral end areas of the cover panel.

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