Patent ID: 7568732
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A folding roll-over protective structure comprising: a pair of laterally spaced apart, tubular, upright legs, each of said legs including a lower portion and an upper portion; a transverse member interconnecting the upper portions of said legs; and a hinge on each leg permitting the structure to fold between a use position and a folded position, at least one of said hinges comprising an upright lower hinge plate on the lower portion of a leg and an upright upper hinge plate on the upper portion of a leg, at least one of said hinge plates having a front inner section spanning the leg respective portion inside the same and being supported by opposite front and rear wall portions of the respective leg portion, said at least one hinge plate further having a rear outer section disposed outside of the respective leg portion behind the rear wall portion and pivotally connected to the other hinge plate.