Patent ID: 6520561
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
Covering device for a convertible-top compartment for stowing a convertible top of a motor vehicle, said covering device comprising:a cover section having a forward position and a rearward position for covering the convertible-top compartment; and a control mechanism pivotably connected to said cover section and providing pivotable motion to said cover section around an axis of rotation during motion of the convertible top between closed and stowed positions thereof, wherein said control mechanism selectively provides longitudinal motion to said axis of rotation of said cover section in moving said cover section between said forward position and said rearward position and provides said pivotable motion both swinging the cover section from a lowered position to a raised position and from said raised position back to the lowered position during said longitudinal motion from said forward position to said rearward position.