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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Schütt, Fürstenfeldbruck, DE;
Assignee:
Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH, Stockdorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/12 ;
Abstract
A folding roof ( ) for a convertible with a canvas top ( ) which is attached to a front bow ( ) and which can be moved into a rear lowered position with a top mechanism which comprises a side roof rod ( ) for opening the folding roof ( ), the front bow ( ) being guided to be able to move lengthwise on both side of the roof on guides ( ) of the side roof rod ( ), so that by moving the front bow ( ) rearward along the lateral guides ( ) from a closed position in which it adjoins the front cross member ( ), the folding roof ( ) can be partially opened into an intermediate position.