Patent ID: 7497500
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A cover assembly for the stowage compartment of a roof of a vehicle, wherein the roof is movable between a covered position in which the roof covers the interior of the vehicle and a stowage position in which the roof is lowered into the stowage compartment thereby exposing the vehicle interior, the cover assembly comprising: a middle section; a cover section; a swivel arm having first and second ends, the first end of the swivel arm being connected to the middle section and being disconnected from the cover section, the second end of the swivel arm being connected to the cover section and being disconnected from the middle section, the first end of the swivel arm being rotatable relative to the middle section about a swivel axis extending along a Z-axis perpendicular to a plane defined by X and Y axes such that the cover section is movable upon movement of the swivel arm relative to the middle section between the covered position in which the cover section is laterally disposed to a side of the middle section with the middle section and the cover section substantially lying in the plane and the stowage position in which the cover section is disposed beneath the middle section along the Z-axis and lies substantially parallel with the middle section, wherein in the covered position the cover section is supportable on the body of the vehicle; and a floating bearing supporting the cover section on the second end of the swivel arm connected to the cover section such that the cover section is adjustable along the X, Y, and Z axes relative to the swivel arm, wherein the cover section is simultaneously adjustable in the plane and along the Z-axis.