Patent ID: 7172204

Claim:
A storage device for an automobile hardtop having an upper wall, a pair of opposing side walls, a lift gate and a forward end portion that together define an inner cavity, the storage device comprising: a generally planar base having an upper surface, forward and rearward edge portions and opposite side portions; a rearward support member extending upwardly from said base adjacent said rearward edge portion; a forward support member extending upwardly from said base adjacent said rearward support; said forward support member being positioned a spaced distance forwardly from said rearward support member so that said rearward and forwards support members may releasably receive at least the forward end portion of said automobile hardtop between one another; said rearward and forward support members being shaped and sized so that the cavity of the hardtop faces in a forward direction when the hardtop is received by said rearward and forward support members.