Patent ID: 7237822

Claim:
A convertible vehicle having a front and a rear, and comprising a bodyshell locally defining a ear boot which is provided with a hood, a roof collapsible into said rear boot, and, first pivot means and second pivot means which are adapted for allowing said hood to swivel with respect to the bodyshell, from said rear towards said front and from said front towards said rear, respectively, each of said first and second pivot means comprising: a base ( 9 ) fixed to said bodyshell of the vehicle, a body ( 11 ) attached to the hood through hinge means, said body comprising a first assembly element ( 13 ) adapted for reversibly engaging a second assembly element ( 14 ), for guiding the hood up to a locked position in which said hood is locked on said bodyshell, reversible locking means cans comprising a first engaging means ( 16 , 160 , 260 ) movably connected to the base along a displacement track of a reversible locking direction (D 1 ,D 10 ) and adapted for reversibly en gaging a second complementary engaging means ( 17 , 170 a , 270 a ) connected to the first assembly element so as to lock the body to said base, in said locked position, the first engaging means and the second complementary engaging means having a first contact surface and a second contact surface, respectively, wherein the first assembly element of each of said first and second pivot means comprises a third complementary engaging means ( 21 ) adapted to be reversibly engaged by the corresponding first engaging means, and wherein, at the location of one of said first and second pivot means, the corresponding first engaging means engages the corresponding second complementary engaging means, whilst releasing the corresponding third complementary engaging means from engagement therewith, thus creating a hinge effect during swiveling of the hood, while at location of the other of said first and second pivot means the corresponding first engaging means releases both the corresponding second and third complementary engaging means from being engaged therewith, so that the hood can be there distanced from the bodyshell, by swiveling around said created hinge, and wherein control means are provided to bring the second and third complementary engaging means across the displacement track of the corresponding first engaging means, along an engagement direction transversal to said reversible locking direction.