Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1981-12-07
1983-12-27
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
B60J 706
Patent
active
044226861
ABSTRACT:
A roof structure for a vehicle includes a preformed cap attached to a rear portion of the stationary roof structure altering the roof lines thereof. A flexible decorative cover has a first portion attached to the cap and a second portion extending flexibly forward therefrom. Pairs of cross bows are perpendicularly disposed within a frame attached to the edges of an opening in the roof, with the first cross bow of each pair of cross bows being guided in guide tracks mounted along the sides of the frame. The cross bows of each pair of cross bows are attached at spaced intervals to the flexible second portion of the cover. Bias members are connected between the ends of the cross bows in each pair of cross bows to maintain the cross bows in each pair of cross bows a predetermined spaced distance apart. Cam members having inclined surfaces are attached to certain of the cross bows to urge the rearmost cross bows of the forward pair of cross bows upward and thereover as the flexible roof cover is urged rearward to create folds in the flexible second portion of the cover.
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American Sunroof Corporation
Song Robert R.
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