Patent ID: 6932423

Claim:
A top arrangement to removably secure a soft top to the windshield of a vehicle, said soft top having a fabric portion attached to a header, said windshield extending along a first axis and said vehicle further including a safety bar arrangement with a substantially horizontal portion thereof on each side of the vehicle respectively extending rearwardly from the windshield, said header having a main body extending along a second axis, said header being selectively movable between at least first and second positions, said header in said first position being releasably secured to said windshield by at least one clamping assembly with said first and second axes substantially parallel, said clamping assembly generating a torque force tending to rotate said header from said first position about a rotation axis, said header further including at least one extension arrangement attached to and extending rearwardly of the main body of the header, said extension arrangement abutting against at least one of the safety bar portions immediately adjacent the windshield with said header in said first position secured to said windshield to counter the torque force and prevent the rotation of the header beyond a predetermined location about said rotational axis, said header in said second position being released from and spaced from said windshield with said attached extension arrangement spaced from engagement with said one safety bar portion.