Patent ID: 7380625

Claim:
A vehicle engine compartment hood for a vehicle body having a hood opening bordered by fenders and through which an engine compartment is accessible, comprising: a hood base panel pivotailly mounted on the vehicle body for pivotal movement between a closed position in which the hood base panel closes the hood opening and a raised position in which access to the engine compartment is available through the hood opening; a hood panel located above the hood base panel and subject to loading by a pedestrian thereagainst; an elevator mechanism mounting the hood panel on the hood base panel and normally establishing the hood panel flush with the fenders but actuatable to elevate the hood panel bodily above the fenders and the hood opening; said elevator mechanism having a plurality of links on each side of the engine compartment hood, each link having an upper end pivoted to the hood panel and a lower end pivoted to the hood base panel, and at least one of the links on each side of the engine compartment hood having a hook portion; and a slot provided in both the fender and the hood base panel at each of the hook portions for receiving the hook portion to limit rearward excursion of the hood panel and the hood base panel.