Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Reexamination Certificate
2008-09-11
2010-10-19
Pedder, Dennis H (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
Reexamination Certificate
active
07815253
ABSTRACT:
In a cover member storage structure that allows a user to manually move a folded cover member from a roof into a box in the vehicle interior, the cover member storage structure includes: a tray (30) on which a folded cover member (12) is placed; and a guide means (40) for guiding and supporting the tray (30) so that the tray (30) is moved from the first position (P1) at the rear side of the first rail (11b) to fold the cover member via a rotating position (P2) to the second position (P3) in the vehicle interior. The tray (30) is swung between the first (P1) and the second (P2) positions via a damper (37), and the guide means (40) includes: the second rails (41) along which the tray (30) is guided from the first position to the second position; and a biasing means (44) for biasing the tray (30) toward the roof position when the tray (30) is moved along the second rails (41).
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Applicants hereby bring attention of the examiner to: Pending U.S. Appl. No. 12/209,085, Ryouta Fujishima, “Sliding Roof Structure and Vehicle Having the Same”, filed Sep. 11, 2008.
Applicants hereby bring attention of the examiner to: Pending U.S. Appl. No. 12/209,114, Miyajima, et al., “Storage Structure for Storing a Cover Member of a Sliding Roof Type Vehicle and Vehicle Having the Same”, filed Sep. 11, 2008.
Applicants hereby bring attention of the examiner to: Pending U.S. Appl. No. 12/209,130, Fujishima, et al., “Sliding Roof Structure and Vehicle Equipped with the Same”, filed Sep. 11, 2008.
Japanese Office Action in counterpart application JP 2007-275814, dated Oct. 13, 2009, citing foreign patent document No. 1 above.
Chen Yoshimura LLP
Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.
Pedder Dennis H
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