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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
Rudolf Dietl, Munich, DE;
Rudolf Dietl, Munich, DE;
Webasto AG, Stockdorf, DE;
Abstract
A soft top for a motor vehicle, lockable on a windshield frame by a latch disposed on a forward soft top section and swivelable to a locked position, the soft top movable to a rearward stowed position once the latch has been swiveled into an unlocked position. A locking mechanism provides a catch hook on the vehicle body swivelable between a releasing position and a blocking position, in which the same engages with a catch hook engaging part that is mounted on the soft top or the vehicle body when the soft top is in the blocked state. The locking mechanism is fitted with a spring device, against the spring force of which the soft top runs into the stowed position, while the catch hook can be swiveled into the released position by means of the locking drive in order to release the locking mechanism.