Patent ID: 7896422

Claim:
A convertible top for a vehicle having a passenger compartment and a dynamic occupant head protection mechanism that is deployed from the vehicle, comprising: a flexible cover having a generally vertical rear portion defining a back light opening and a generally horizontal roof top portion defining a rear sky light opening, the rear sky light opening being located in front of and above the back light opening in a rear half of the roof top portion; a back light assembled to the back light opening; a skylight assembled to the rear skylight opening, wherein the dynamic occupant head protection mechanism is disposed at a location below the skylight and that is moved to a position in which the occupant head protection mechanism extends above the skylight, wherein the skylight is a glass panel, and wherein deployment of the occupant head protection mechanism breaks or displaces the skylight; and an articulated top stack linkage that supports the cover in an extended position in which the passenger compartment is covered by the cover and in a retracted position in which the cover is retracted to a storage location behind the passenger compartment.