Patent ID: 7559600

Claim:
A windscreen deflector assembly for an automotive vehicle having a passenger compartment extending between opposing side walls and a rear end, wherein the passenger compartment includes front seats and rear seats, said windscreen deflector assembly comprising: a flexible membrane element; a first cross member having a transversely extending beam fixedly secured to an end of the membrane element, the first cross member also having side members extending from respective opposite ends of the beam; a second cross member operatively coupled to the vehicle between a retracted position disposed along the rear end of the passenger compartment and a use position disposed between the front and rear seats of the passenger compartment, the second cross member having a transversely extending cross bar and a pair of legs extending from respective opposite sides thereof; a linkage having a pair of first and second links arranged as a four-bar link connecting the side members of the first cross member and the legs of the second cross member and operatively coupled between the first and second cross members so that the first cross member is carried by the second cross member during movement between the retracted and use positions, whereby the first cross member in the use position is spaced above the second cross member such that the membrane element extends between the first and second cross members to form a generally upright windscreen portion and further extends between the second cross member and the rear end of the passenger compartment to form a generally horizontal cover portion covering the rear seats of the passenger compartment.