Patent ID: 6095590
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A windbreak aero-board apparatus for an open-top vehicle equipped with a folded top hood protecting a passenger seating on a passenger seating from a swirling wind blast, said passenger seat being positioned before a substantially vertical wall panel by which a substantially horizontal front panel portion and a substantially horizontal rear panel portion are connected at different levels to form a floor panel of a vehicle body of the open-top vehicle and said folded top hood being disposed on said substantially horizontal rear panel portion, said windbreak aero-board apparatus for the open-top vehicle equipped with the folded top hood comprising:a lower shield member disposed behind said vertical wall panel portion and above said rear panel portion and transversely extending in the vehicle body, said lower shield member being fixedly connected to opposite sides of the vehicle body;an upper shield member disposed on the top of said lower shield member and transversely extending in the vehicle body, said upper shield member being smaller in height than said lower shield member; andhinge means including a hinge shaft for connecting said upper shield member and said lower shield member to each so as to permit said upper shield member to pivotally turn between an upright position in which said upper shield member stands up on the top of said lower shield member and a retracted position in which said upper shield member is placed at the back of said lower shield member;where said upper shield member has a height such that it does not come across said folded top hood while turning down to said retracted position.