Patent ID: 7896423

Claim:
A rear retractable hardtop for a vehicle, comprising: a front roof section; a rear roof section defining a back light opening; a back light detachably received in the back light opening; a linkage articulately connecting the front roof section, the rear roof section and the back light together, wherein the front roof section is articulately connected to the rear roof section to move from an extended position in front of and contiguous with the rear roof section to a retracted position in a storage compartment, the rear roof section is articulately connected to the vehicle and the front roof section to move from an extended position extending from the front roof section to the vehicle, to a retracted position in which the rear roof section is in the storage compartment, and wherein the back light is articulately connected to the rear roof section to move from an extended position in which the back light is received in the back light opening to a retracted position in which the back light is separated from the back light opening in the storage compartment; and a window guide flange assembled to the rear roof section that defines an arcuate slot and at least one guide pin which is assembled to the back light that guides the movement of the back light relative to the rear roof section.