Vehicle convertible top having sail flap tensioner

Details Vehicle convertible top having sail flap tensioner Vehicle convertible top having sail flap tensioner

1987-03-02

1988-05-31

Song, Robert R.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Let-down type top

B60J 712

Patent

active

047476354

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle body convertible top (20) disclosed has a soft top whose sail flaps (36) are free to move with respect to the vehicle body and an associated foldable frame (22) but are connected to tensioners (40) that secure the sail flaps in the upper raised position of the convertible top. Each tensioner (40) includes a guide (42) preferably embodied by a curved tube (62) and an elongated flexible member (44) that extends through the guide tube (62) for attachment to both the associated sail flap (36) and the foldable frame (22). Upon raising of the convertible top, the tensioners (40) resiliently pull on the sail flaps (36) through a springs (49) disposed along the elongated flexible members (44) to provide the sail flap tensioning without any operator manipulation specifically directed thereto such as the snapping and unsnapping previously necessary with convertible tops.

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