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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1987
Timothy D Betteridge, Erdington, GB;
Britax Weathershields Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Abstract
A vehicle roof with a roof opening which can be closed by a panel which is pivotable about its front edge. A strut, with a rack on one side, has one end pivotally attached to the rear edge of the panel. A geared shaft is mounted on the underside of the vehicle roof and engages with the rack to raise and lower the rear edge of the panel. The shaft is spring biased into geared engagement at separate locations along its length. Stop formations adjacent to the end of the strut opposite to that which is attached to the roof panel are engaged by a blocking lever to prevent movement of the strut beyond the range of positions in which the geared shaft can engage with the rack.