Patent ID: 7506917

Claim:
A clamping arrangement for removably securing an elongated header for a soft top to a windshield frame of a vehicle, said windshield frame having a main body and a catch member establishing a substantially horizontal axis, said clamping arrangement including: a first clamp section fixedly attached to said elongated header and a second clamp section mounted to said first clamp section for movement relative thereto between open and closed positions, said elongated header with said second clamp section in said closed position having a portion thereof sealingly engaging the main body of the windshield frame at a first location, said first clamp section having a downwardly open hook portion spaced from the portion of the elongated header engagable with the main body of the windshield frame, said catch member of said windshield frame being received in said downwardly open hook portion with said hook portion extending over said catch member and over said horizontal axis with said header portion adjacent the main body of said windshield frame, and said second clamp section including a brace member selectively engagable with the windshield frame with the catch member of said windshield frame received in said downwardly open hook portion, said brace member engaging said windshield frame substantially below the first location and forward of the horizontal axis as said second clamp section including said brace member is moved in a first direction toward the closed position of said second clamp section to rotate the elongated header about the horizontal axis established by the catch member in a second direction toward said brace member to engage said portion of the elongated header with said main body of the windshield frame, said second clamp section in said closed position securing said elongated header to said windshield frame in a fixed position relative thereto with said portion of the elongated header engaging the main body of said windshield frame.