Patent ID: 7036866
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. In a convertible motor vehicle adapted to move in a normal travel direction and having a seat and a trunk behind the seat, the improvement comprising: a storage compartment extending transversely of the direction behind the seat and forward of the trunk and extending laterally of the seat in the direction forward past the seat; an arcuate and rigid roof shell having two rear end posts defining a rear opening; guide rails laterally spacedly flanking the seat and extending from the compartment in the direction forward past the seat; respective guide slides on the rear end posts and riding on the guide rails, the roof shell being displaceable along the guide rails between an up position wholly out of the storage compartment and a down position wholly in the compartment with the guide slides laterally flanking the seat; and a rear windshield displaceable between a lowered position in the storage compartment and a raised position fitting between the rear end posts of the windshield in the up position thereof and closing the rear opening.