Patent ID: 7008011
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: B60J,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An emergency roof detachment device for a vehicle comprising, in combination: a vehicle having a fixed top portion, said fixed top portion defining an opening; a crossbar having a first end and a second end, said first end of said crossbar being coupled to a passenger side of said fixed top portion of said vehicle, said second end of said crossbar being coupled to a driver side of said fixed top portion of said vehicle so that said crossbar reinforces said fixed top portion of said vehicle, said crossbar being dimensioned to bisect said opening into a front opening proximate a front windshield of said vehicle and a rear opening proximate a rear windshield of said vehicle, each said front opening and said rear opening being dimensioned to permit a person to pass therethrough; a detachable roof portion having a front end and a back end and dimensioned to be detachably coupled to said fixed top portion of said vehicle, said front end of said detachable roof portion being detachably coupled to said fixed top portion of said vehicle proximate a top portion of a front windshield and said back end of said detachable roof portion being detachably coupled to said fixed top portion of said vehicle proximate a top portion of a rear windshield; a plurality of prong members coupled to a back end of said detachable roof portion and dimensioned to mate with corresponding longitudinal recessed portions defined by said fixed top portion of said vehicle proximate said rear windshield when said detachable roof portion covers said opening; and a handle having a quick-release mechanism and coupled to an interior portion of said vehicle proximate a front end of said detachable roof portion and dimensioned to initiate detachment of said detachable roof portion from said fixed top portion of said vehicle, wherein said handle comprising: