Patent ID: 6439642
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A retractable hard top for passenger cars, comprising:a first substantially rigid roof section, which forms an essentially horizontal upper roof portion of the passenger car; a second substantially rigid rear roof section which forms a substantially vertical or obliquely extending roof portion which is of a hollowed shape, thereby forming an inner space, wherein the second rear roof section at an upper end is pivotally connected to the first roof section via a rod assembly on each longitudinal side of the passenger car and at a lower end for pivotal connection to each longitudinal side of the passenger car via a support; a pivotally arranged guiding rod that links the rod assembly and the support on each longitudinal side of the hard top, wherein each rod assembly and each guiding rod are formed and connected in a manner that, when an upper end of each guiding rod is pivoted towards a tail of the car, the second roof section is pivoted in the direction of the tail of the car, and simultaneously the first roof section is pivoted in the same direction, a rear end of the first roof section is lowered under a front end of the second roof section, and the first roof section is moved into the inner space of the second roof section, until the second roof section is deposited upside down and the first roof section is deposited upside down into the inner space of the second roof section; and wherein the first roof section comprises two slots extending longitudinally from the rear end at each side of the first roof section, and wherein each rod assembly moves through the slots when the first roof section is pivoted.