Patent ID: 8382190
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A convertible top assembly for a vehicle body having a passenger compartment with front and rear seating areas covered by the top in its closed position, comprising: a front panel, engageable with a windshield header in the closed position; an intermediate panel having a guide rail and a front edge conforming with a rear edge of said front panel in the closed position; a rear panel having a front edge conforming with a rear edge of said intermediate panel in the closed position; a drive for reversibly retracting said roof from the closed position to an open position having an operator for displacing said front panel rearwardly and downwardly over the rear seating area of the compartment near a belt line; a stacker for stacking said rear panel with respect to said intermediate panel along said guide rail to a position below and toward the front of said intermediate panel; and a linkage displacing the rear and intermediate panels rearwardly of said rear seating area at the open position.