Patent ID: 6892843

Claim:
Prop assembly for temporarily supporting a closure panel in an extended position removed from an opening, the closure panel and a body defining said opening being coupled by a closure hinge, the prop assembly having a rigid elongated prop having a hinged end for coupling to one of said closure hinge and closure panel, and a free end slidable in a guide slot formed in a bracket adapted to be mounted to the body; the guide slot having a distal end and a proximal end spaced forwardly from said hinged end, the guide slot being adapted to guide said free end of the rigid elongated prop as the free end slides between said distal end of the guide slot and the proximal end of the guide slot when the closure panel is moved between a retracted position closing the opening and an extended position removed from the opening, respectively; the proximal end of the guide slot having a downwardly extending detent adapted to capture the free end of the rigid elongated prop in the extended position of the closure panel; and the bracket consisting of a plate having opposite ends adapted to be mounted flush with the body and an intermediate portion adapted to be spaced from the body, the intermediate portion having the guide slot formed therein.