Sliding/folding soft top assembly for SUV

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9216632-B2
Application number	US-201314053266-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2013
Priority date	Oct 12, 2012
Publication date	Dec 22, 2015
Grant date	Dec 22, 2015

Abstract

A sliding/folding soft top assembly having opposing first and second linkage assemblies with a plurality of guide rollers located within a first and second guide track for selectively moving the soft top assembly between a deployed position to a first stowed position or a retracted stowed position. A first bow and second bow are coupled to each of the first and second linkage assemblies, which include a first pivot joint for rotating the first bow to the first stowed position. A rear pivot joint allows a rear link of the first and second linkage assemblies to rotate in an area where the first and second guide tracks curve. A third bow is rotatably connected to first and second pivot brackets, and a fourth bow is pivotably connected to the third bow, to allow rotation of the third and fourth bow between the deployed position and retracted stowed position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sliding/folding soft top assembly for a vehicle comprising:
first and second guide tracks;
first and second linkage assemblies slidably coupled to said first and second guide tracks, said first and second linkage assemblies including a plurality of guide rollers for moving said first and second linkage assemblies along said first and second guide tracks;
first and second pivot brackets;
a first bow connected to said first and second linkage assemblie…

Assignees

• Magna Int Inc
• Bestop Inc

Inventors

• Lewis Stephen John
• Avram Florin

Classifications

• B60J7/061 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60J7/028 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60J7/1239

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic