Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – With distinct wind deflector
Patent
1990-09-20
1991-05-14
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
With distinct wind deflector
296136, 135 88, E04H 1506
Patent
active
050150294
ABSTRACT:
A hollow, inverted U-shaped housing assembly is provided and the lower ends of the legs thereof are mounted from lower marginal portions of opposite longitudinal sides and in certain installations, mounted to the roof or top of a passenger vehicle body. Guide tracks extend forwardly from the lower ends of the housing legs and the interior of the housing is divided into a forwardly opening forward compartment and a rearwardly opening rear compartment. Front and rear sets of inverted U-shaped support bows are mounted within the front and rear compartments and have elongated front and rear cover portions supported therefrom. The front bows include followers guidingly engaged with the tracks for movement there along and from which the lower ends of the bows are pivotally mounted. Thus, the front bows may be forwardly displaced from the housing and forwardly and downwardly swung relative to the tracks for covering the front portion of the associated vehicle. The lower ends of the rear bows are pivotally supported from the housing and may be swung rearwardly and downwardly for covering the rear portion of the associated vehicle. The forwardmost bow of the forward bows and the rearmost bow of the rear bows each include closure cap structures supported therefrom which close the corresponding compartments of the housing when the bows and the cover portions are in their fully retracted positions.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2598940 (1952-06-01), Robie
patent: 2858837 (1958-11-01), Harper
patent: 3050075 (1962-08-01), Kaplan et al.
patent: 3492043 (1970-01-01), Porsche
patent: 4088363 (1978-05-01), Palmer
patent: 4091484 (1978-05-01), Means
patent: 4474401 (1984-10-01), Amick
patent: 4519644 (1985-05-01), Song
patent: 4684165 (1987-08-01), Becker
patent: 4746163 (1988-05-01), Muscat
patent: 4767147 (1988-08-01), Kobayakawa et al.
patent: 4825889 (1989-05-01), Monteith
patent: 4944321 (1990-07-01), Moyet-Ortiz
Focarino Margaret A.
Pape Joseph D.
LandOfFree
Vehicle with integral cover does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Vehicle with integral cover, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Vehicle with integral cover will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1643445