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US 10,471,915 B2Granted
Protection cushion concealment system for vehicle roll bar assembly
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsSahas Chkilam, Jason E Schultz
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Abstract
A concealment system for a first vehicle component having a cutout and receiving aperture exposed by removal of a second component, includes a pre-insert configured to be inserted into the receiving aperture, and a filler insert having an outer surface and configured to be inserted into the cutout such that the outer surface of the filler insert is substantially flush with a visible outer surface of the vehicle component. The filler insert being inserted into and retained within the pre-insert.
Claims10
A concealment system for a vehicle having a roll bar assembly, the concealment system comprising:
- a receiving aperture formed in the roll bar assembly;
- a first component coupled to the roll bar assembly and having a cutout formed in an outer surface of the first component, the cutout exposed by removal of a second component from the vehicle, wherein the cutout at least partially surrounds the receiving aperture;
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- an insert system comprising:
- a pre-insert configured to be inserted into the receiving aperture when the second component is removed from the vehicle;
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- a filler insert having an outer surface and a shape complimentary to a shape of the cutout, the filler insert configured to be removably inserted into the cutout and into the pre-insert such that the filler insert is removably retained within the pre-insert and the outer surface of the filler insert is substantially flush with the outer surface of the first component so as to at least substantially conceal the cutout and conceal the aperture,
- wherein the first component is a protection cushion and the second component is a door rail removably coupled to the protection cushion and the roll bar assembly, the door rail configured to be removed from the vehicle when a soft top is not utilized on the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.