Patent ID: 6010178
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
Covering arrangement for a folding-top compartment which is located behind a rigid panel of a vehicle to receive a pivotable folding top having a solid, bottom rear-wall termination, a pivotable folding-top-compartment cover covering a frame opening behind the rear-wall termination of the closed folding top, comprising:a displaceable panel covering which covers at least a portion of the frame opening of the folding-top compartment in front of the rear-wall termination of the closed folding top and behind a rear edge of the rigid panel, said panel covering including at least a rear panel and a front panel, said rear panel being displaceable forward into an out-of-the-way position such that the folding top can be pivoted through said frame opening into a storage position, and said rear panel being movable rearward after said folding top is in said storage position into a covering position in which a rear edge of said rear panel is adjacent to a front border side of the folding-top-compartment cover and a front edge of said front panel is adjacent to said rigid panel, said front and rear panels being movable relative to each other, said front panel having a cross-sectional length which is adapted to a path along which the rear panel is displaced between said out-of-the-way position and said covering position, the front panel being displaceable between a covering position and a not-in-use position, whereupon the rear panel is displaced forward such that a front edge of the rear panel is adjacent to said rigid panel and serves as a correspondingly shortened panel covering.