Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1997-07-31
1999-12-21
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296224, 296210, 296102, 296213, B60J 711
Patent
active
060039361
ABSTRACT:
A replacement two-piece rigid top for a sport utility vehicle. Two-piece top (110) is provided with a rigid shell member (15) that covers and at least partially encloses the passenger area and rear cargo area of the sport utility vehicle, a removable rigid roof panel (20) that covers the forward passenger/driver area, and door panel members (25) that are removably engaged with and secured to the factory-installed half-doors on certain sport utility vehicles. Rigid shell member (15) is provided with a forward edge (35) that is specially configured so as to form a forward recessed region (40) that channels moisture away from the cabin of the sport utility vehicle. The roof panel (20) is removably secured to rigid shell member (15), and, preferably, forms a weather-tight junction proximate rearward edge (30) with rigid shell member (15). This allows the shell member (15) to remain on the vehicle while allowing the roof panel (20) to be selectively removed.
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Fleet Air Industries, Inc.
Pape Joseph D.
Patel Kiran
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