Patent ID: 7201428

Claim:
A rear hood assembly for a convertible, comprising: a hood having a front edge facing an interior of a vehicle that is raised by pivoting about a rear pivot for storing the convertible top, the hood having a rear edge adjacent to a rear portion of the vehicle that is raised for loading and unloading a trunk of the vehicle; a scissored multi-joint link assembly that connects a body portion of the vehicle and the hood; a driving element acting on a driving link of the multi-joint link assembly for moving the hood between a closed position and a raised position; a first lifting link articulately coupled on one end to the driving link and articulately connected on another end to the hood; a locking link articulately coupled at a first end to the vehicle body and at a second end to a second lifting link, the locking link also being coupled by a central rotary joint to the first lifting link at an intermediate point located on the first lifting link between the driving link and the hood, and located on the locking link between the vehicle body and the second end; wherein the second lifting link is connected on one end to the locking link and is connected on a second end to the hood; and wherein the locking link is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, the locking link in the locked position being pivotably coupled to the vehicle body by a rotary joint for raising the rear edge of the hood and in the unlocked position the rotary joint is unlocked.