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Open top type automobile body structure

  • US 4,708,389 A
  • Filed: 11/26/1985
  • Issued: 11/24/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An open top automobile body including a body structure having a front windshield section, a rear body section comprising opposite side panels and a rear section, said rear body section having an upper edge portion defining an open top, a hoop member of a substantially inverted U-shape having a pair of leg portions swingably mounted respectively on the opposite side panels for movement between an erected position wherein the hoop member extends substantially upright and a retracted position wherein the hoop member is retracted in the rear section, a rigid roof panel adapted to be placed between the front windshield section and the hoop member in the erected position, foldable rear hood means having a front edge portion secured to the hoop member and side and rear edge portions secured to said rear body section of the body structure, the improvement resides in that said side and rear edge portions of the rear hood means are secured to the rear body section at portions below the upper edge of the rear body section, substantially U-shaped peripheral hood tensioning link means being provided for movement between an operative position wherein it cooperates with the upper edge of the rear section of the body structure to hold the rear hood means between the link means and the upper edge of the rear body section over substantially an entire outer periphery of the substantial U-shaped peripheral hood tensioning means, and an inoperative position wherein the link means is below the upper edge of the rear body section to release the rear hood means, and moving means beng provided for moving the hood tensioning link means to the operative position when the hoop member is moved to the erected position and to the inoperative position when the loop member is moved to the retracted position.

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