Patent ID: 8141932

Claim:
A locking mechanism for latching a convertible top to a cross-member of a windshield frame of a vehicle, the locking mechanism comprising: a support element mountable to a front portion of a convertible top; a locking hook pivotably connected to the support element to be movable between a resting position and an operating position; and a pin having a retaining section and a shaft connected together, wherein the retaining section is fixedly mounted to the support element, wherein the shaft is projectable along a direction into a corresponding recess of a receptacle in the cross-member of a windshield frame; wherein the pin is of a plastic material that is plastically deformable and the shaft is constricted in the direction in which the shaft is projectable into the corresponding recess of the receptacle in the cross-member of the windshield frame; wherein the support element has a flat body section with a nose piece, wherein the nose piece of the flat body section of the support element projects through the shaft of the pin.