Movable or removable closures – Removable closure – Releasable means on closure
Patent
1978-04-24
1980-02-05
Downey, Kenneth
Movable or removable closures
Removable closure
Releasable means on closure
49383, 49394, 296137B, E05C 2102
Patent
active
041865251
ABSTRACT:
A readily removable closure panel for an opening in a roof or wall of a vehicle and including a quick release hinge means for permitting partial opening of the panel and for rapid disengagement and removal of the panel from the roof. An adjustable hinge construction for a panel wherein the hinge construction includes a resilient yieldable hinge member which provides a hinge edge for releasable pivotal engagement with a cooperable frame portion of a frame member defining an opening in the roof. The hinge edge engagement provides a hinge axis beneath or interiorly of the panel margin and the hinge edge is adjustably spaced therefrom for causing the panel edge margin to press against a resilient gasket on the frame member in both closed and partially opened position of the panel.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3972558 (1976-08-01), Horn
patent: 3974753 (1976-08-01), Blomgren et al.
D G Shelter Products Company
Downey Kenneth
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