Device for removing, storing and installing convertible SUV hardtops from the rear or side

An apparatus for removing, storing, and installing removable hardtop devices from vehicles comprising:

• a movable base unit to support the apparatus from longitudinal and axial moments with and without the hardtop engaged;
• a vertical support structure having a lower and an upper end, wherein said lower end is affixed to said movable base unit and said upper end is attached to a top platform;
• a pedal lift connected to each of the vertical support structure and the movable base unit, the pedal lift comprising a pedal lift lock embodied as a wire, locking spring and locking spring pin, whereby the locking spring directly applies pressure to the locking spring pin, pushing the spring pin into one of a plurality of locking pin holes in a central tube or the vertical support structure, thereby locking the apparatus at a set height;
• a top clamping assembly comprising one or more spreader bars and an adjustment bar, wherein the adjustment bar is adjustable to set the width of the top clamping assembly, and each spreader bar terminates in a clamping member;
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• wherein the apparatus may be positioned to the hardtop on the vehicle and selectively raised or lowered by said pedal lift.