Removable door frame assembly for a motor vehicle

US6073989A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US
• Bestop, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael E. Hilliard · Plymouth, US
• Louis D DeLellis · South Lyon, US
• William A. Grabowski · Northville, US
• Leonard Bores · Livonia, US
• Robert D. Worley · Conyers, US
• Mark Alan Hickey · Howell, US
• Stephen K. Tebbutt · Beverly Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 22, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/10
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A removable door frame assembly for a motor vehicle includes a first portion pivotally interconnected to a second portion. The first portion is adapted to be oriented horizontally and releasably attached to a sport bar assembly of the motor vehicle. The second portion is adapted to be oriented vertically and releasably engage the body of the vehicle. The first portion is configured to releasably retain a retaining element attached to a top section of the soft top and thereby retain the soft top in a cross-car direction. Similarly, the second portion is adapted to releasably retain a retaining element attached to a side section of the soft top and longitudinally retain the side section.