Automobile body with a retractable hard top roof
US4286821A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 26, 1980 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60J7/028
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automobile body includes a front windshield and a passenger compartment having a pair of body side panels between which is disposed a front seat section and a rear seat section, and a collapsible, segmented convertible hard top roof. The roof is mounted for manually-activated movement between a raised, non-collapsed position, in which the roof extends from an upper edge of the front windshield rearwardly over the front and rear sections of the passenger compartment at a sufficient height so that the body assumes the general configuration of a hard top four passenger sedan or coupe body, and a lowered collapsed position, in which the roof extends substantially over only the rear seat section of the passenger compartment at a lower height such that it lies substantially flush with the upper edges of the body side panels so that the body assumes the general configuration of a two-passenger, open top roadster.
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