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MULTI CONFIGURABLE HALF TOP ASSEMBLY

  • US 20180297456A1
  • Filed: 04/11/2018
  • Published: 10/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A top system for a four-door Jeep type vehicle having a cargo area rear of a rear seating portion of said vehicle, said cargo area juxtaposing rear wheel wells of said vehicle, said cargo area being closed by a pivotal rear cargo gate, said vehicle having parallel spaced roll bars with a horizontal portion adjacent at least a rear seating portion of said vehicle and said roll bars having an inclined portion slanted towards said cargo area, said top comprising:

  • parallel spaced apart C pillars, said C pillars including a front vertical column and a rear vertical column, said rear column having a perpendicularly connected seat belt pass-through extending towards a longitudinal centerline of said vehicle, said C pillars also having longitudinal extending bottom plates connecting said front and rear columns, said bottom plate extending beyond said rear column, and said C pillar also including a top plate connecting said front and rear columns along a top end of said front and rear columns and said C pillars including pivotally connected sealing plates for sealing a top end of a rear door, said sealing plates being pivotally connected to said C pillar front column and also being connected to said roll bars;

    a vertical rear window extending between said C pillar rear columns, said rear window having a cutout portion for allowance of passage of a seat belt;

    a fabric cover providing a top deck extending over a front and said rear seating portion of said vehicle, said cover also covering said C pillars and encircling said rear window;

    a rear bow connecting said C pillars'"'"' rear columns adjacent a bottom end of said columns; and

    a tonneau cover for said rear cargo area providing a flat surface enclosure of said rear cargo area.

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