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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2004
Applicant:
James C. Powell, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Inventor:
James C. Powell, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
ASC. Incorporated, Southgate, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 10/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A convertible vehicle top stack mechanism includes a moveable rearmost roof bow and an actuator. In an other aspect of the present invention, a linkage assembly couples a rearmost roof bow to a side rail. A further aspect of the present invention employs a rotatable member or crank to drive a set of buggy links in order to raise and lower an active number five roof bow.