Patent ID: 7258388

Claim:
A convertible top assembly for a vehicle, comprising: a convertible top adapted to be moved between a closed position where the convertible top is closed to cover an upper portion of a passenger compartment and a retracted position where the convertible top is retracted in a storage space at a rear end of a vehicle body; a pair of frame members disposed, respectively, along right and left lateral edges of said convertible top and swingably pivoted relative to the vehicle body in such a manner as to be swung in a rearward inclined direction when said convertible top is retracted and to be swung in a standing direction when said convertible top is closed; a main link connected to each of said frame members in an interlocking manner and swingably pivoted relative to the vehicle body in such a manner as to be swung in the rearward inclined direction when said convertible top is retracted and to be swung in the standing direction when said convertible top is closed; a pair of reinforcing plate members each attached to an inner surface of a lower region in a corresponding one of said right and left lateral edges of said convertible top; and connection means for connecting between said main link and each of said reinforcing plate members.