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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
France Design, Lieu-Dit la Boujaliere, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/20 ;
Abstract
The retractable roof comprises a front element connected in an articulated fashion to a rear element, these two elements being able to move between a position in which they cover the passenger compartment of the vehicle and a position in which they are folded in the trunk. Beyond each lateral edge ( ) of the rear surface ( ) there is provided an obturator ( ) able to pivot on an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle between a position in which each obturator ( ) is situated in line with the rear surface ( ) and a position in which each obturator ( ) frees a passage to the trunk.