Patent ID: 8308219

Claim:
A convertible top for a vehicle having a windshield header and a rear deck, the top comprising: a flexible cover; a top stack linkage that supports the cover, a front bow, attached to the top stack linkage, selectively securable to the windshield header and releasable from the header to retract the top; a rear bow that engages the rear deck when the top is in an extended position; wherein the top stack linkage has a right side and a left side, and wherein each side includes: a four bar link that is adapted to lift the front bow off of the windshield header; a pressure link that selectively applies pressure to the rear bow; a power cylinder secured to the top stack linkage that is connected to the four bar link and the pressure link, wherein when the power cylinder is actuated in a first direction the four bar linkage lifts the front bow off of the windshield header and the pressure link releases the pressure applied to the rear bow, and wherein when the power cylinder is actuated in the second direction the four bar linkage lowers the front bow onto the windshield header and the pressure link applies pressure to the rear bow; and wherein the power cylinder is connected through a drag link to a hook shaped end of one of the links of the four bar link and wherein the power cylinder is connected to a pivot arm formed on an upper link of the pressure link.