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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Applicants:
Magna Exteriors Inc., Concord, CA;
Marc Cogswell, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Marc Cogswell, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Larry R. Erickson, Birmingham, MI (US);
Robert M. Horner, Ferndale, MI (US);
Brian Staley, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Luyao Zhu, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Aurora Ontario, , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/10 (2006.01); B60J 7/02 (2006.01); B60J 7/19 (2006.01); B62B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/106 (2013.01); B60J 7/026 (2013.01); B60J 7/194 (2013.01); B62B 3/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hard top removal assist system for a vehicle. The system includes a vehicle body having a plurality of rails mounted to the vehicle body. A hard top has a connection that is used to connect the hard top to the plurality of rails. There is at least one connection on the hard top that is slidable in the one or more rails between an installed position and a removed position. The hard top can be fully removed from the vehicle body and the one or more rails.