Patent ID: 7914064

Claim:
A retractable roof system for vehicles having a cargo area and a passenger area comprising: (a) a frame assembly having two side portions, a front portion with front supports and a rear portion with back supports, a top portion and wherein said back supports and said front supports having a bottom portion whereby said frame assembly is affixed to the cargo area of a vehicle by attachment of said bottom portion; (b) two side panels attached to said side portions of said frame assembly, a front panel attached to said front portion of said frame assembly; (c) two roof panels including a forward-most and a rear-most roof panel located in the top portion of said frame assembly and a rear panel hingeably attached to the rear-most of said roof panels; (d) track assemblies located on the top portion of said frame assembly and running the length of the side portions of said frame assembly, having one or more track channels within said track assemblies, whereby said two roof panels are moveably affixed to said track assemblies within said track channels; (e) extendable track frame assemblies located in the front portion of said frame assembly having telescoping rails forwardly extendable over a vehicle passenger area; and (f) a rear end plate removably mounted at the rear of each of said track assemblies; whereby said roof panels translate forward and rearward within said track assemblies and are either removed from the vehicle by removing said rear end plate from each of said track assemblies, or are stored between, and affixed to, said telescoping rails within the extendable track frame assembly.