Sport utility soft top with removable panels
First Claim
1. A vehicle soft top having a main body and a removable panel, said panel having a plurality of sides defining a perimeter shape and said main body having a cutout section to at least partially receive said panel, said cutout section being defined by at least first and second sides in said main body substantially conforming in shape to at least first and second sides of said panel,said panel and said main body being removably securable to each other along respective first sides by at least two slidably interconnecting members and being removably securable to each other along respective second sides by a zipper, each interconnecting member having a stem portion and a hook portion, one of said interconnecting members being attached to the main body of the vehicle soft top along the first side thereof with the stem portion and hook portion being elongated in a direction along said first side, another of said interconnecting members being attached to said panel along the first side thereof with the stem portion and hook portion being elongated in a direction along said first side, said hook portion of said panel being slidably receivable with the hook portion of said main body wherein the hook portion of said panel can be aligned in an overlapping manner with the hook portion of said main body and slid relative thereto along the first side of said main body to secure said first sides together and said zipper operated to secure said second sides together.
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Abstract
A vehicle soft top with a main body and removable panels. Each panel is at least partially received in a conforming cutout section in the main body and has a plurality of sides with the upper side preferably secured to the upper side of the cutout section by a pair of interconnecting, sliding members. The interconnecting members have mating hook portions that can be aligned with one another and slid axially relative to each other to hold the upper sides of the panel and main body together. A zipper is preferably used to secure second sides of the panel and cutout section together and the remaining sides are preferably secured together with either belt and channel arrangements or additional zippers.
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Citations
37 Claims
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1. A vehicle soft top having a main body and a removable panel, said panel having a plurality of sides defining a perimeter shape and said main body having a cutout section to at least partially receive said panel, said cutout section being defined by at least first and second sides in said main body substantially conforming in shape to at least first and second sides of said panel,
said panel and said main body being removably securable to each other along respective first sides by at least two slidably interconnecting members and being removably securable to each other along respective second sides by a zipper, each interconnecting member having a stem portion and a hook portion, one of said interconnecting members being attached to the main body of the vehicle soft top along the first side thereof with the stem portion and hook portion being elongated in a direction along said first side, another of said interconnecting members being attached to said panel along the first side thereof with the stem portion and hook portion being elongated in a direction along said first side, said hook portion of said panel being slidably receivable with the hook portion of said main body wherein the hook portion of said panel can be aligned in an overlapping manner with the hook portion of said main body and slid relative thereto along the first side of said main body to secure said first sides together and said zipper operated to secure said second sides together.
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22. A vehicle soft top having a main body and a removable panel, said panel having a plurality of sides defining a perimeter shape and said main body having a cutout section to at least partially receive said panel, said cutout section being defined by at least first and second sides in said main body substantially conforming in shape to at least first and second sides of said panel,
said panel and said main body being removably securable to each other along respective first sides by at least two overlapping, mating members and being removably securable to each other along respective second sides by a zipper, each mating member having a stem portion and a hook portion, one of said mating members being attached to the main body of the vehicle soft top along the first side thereof with the stem portion and hook portion being elongated in a direction along said first side, another of said mating members being attached to said panel along the first side thereof with the stem portion and hook portion being elongated in a direction along said first side, said hook portion of said panel being receivable in the hook portion of said main body in an overlapping manner to secure said first sides together and said zipper operated to secure said second sides together.
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33. In a vehicle soft top with a main body and a panel, a method of removably securing said panel to said main body using at least two interconnecting members with respective stem and hook portions attached along respective first sides of said panel and a cutout section of said main body and at least one zipper between second sides of said panel and said cutout section of said main body, said method including:
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(a) aligning ends of the hook portions in a overlapping manner, (b) sliding the hook portion attached to said panel relative to the hook portion attached to said main body to a first position securing said first sides of said panel and main body together, and (c) operating said zipper to secure said second sides of said panel and main body together. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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