Patent ID: 7156446

Claim:
In a convertible motor vehicle adapted to move in a normal travel direction and having a seat and first and second storage compartments spaced in the direction and extending transversely of the direction behind the seat, the improvement comprising: an arcuate and rigid roof shell having two rear end posts defining a rear opening, the first compartment extending laterally of the seat in the direction forward past the seat; guide rails extending laterally of the seat in the first compartment to each side of the seat in the direction forward past the seat; respective guide slides on the rear end posts and riding on the guide rails, the roof shell being displaceable along the guide rails between an up position wholly out of the first storage compartment and a down position wholly in the first compartment with the guide slides laterally flanking the seat; and a rear windshield fittable in the opening between the posts; and guide means in the second storage compartment for displacement of the rear windshield between a lowered position in the second storage compartment and a raised position fitting between the rear end posts of the windshield in the up position thereof and closing the rear opening.