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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1997
Gerald Hahn, Hamburg, DE;
Astrid Harting, Sindelfingen, DE;
Andreas Hasselgruber, Reinbek, DE;
Juergen Schrader, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
Eckart Schuler, Sindelfingen, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A covering arrangement for a folding-top compartment which is arranged in the rear region of a vehicle and into which it is possible to pivot a folding top which has a solid, bottom rear-wall termination, and having a folding-top cover by way of which it is possible to cover the frame opening behind the rear-wall termination of the closed folding top. The covering arrangement includes a panel covering by way of which it is possible to cover most of the frame opening of the folding-top compartment in front of the rear-wall termination of the closed folding top, and having the capability for the panel covering to be displaced. This capability makes it possible for at least a rear panel of the panel covering to be moved forward into an out-of-the-way position, such that the folding top can be pivoted past it. Once the folding top has been stowed away, the rear panel can be moved rearward into a position in which the rear panel adjoins the front border side of the folding-top-compartment cover. A front panel of the panel covering has a cross-sectional length which is adapted to the path along which the rear panel is displaced between its two covering positions. The front panel can be transferred out of its covering position into a not-in-use position, and the rear panel can be displaced forward to serve as a correspondingly shortened panel covering.