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US 11,884,144 B2Granted
Vehicle with twin canopy doors
AssigneeGlydways Inc.
InventorsErik Shahoian, Patrick Kessler
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Abstract
A vehicle may include a frame structure, a body mounted to the frame structure, and a door structure defining a first side segment defining a portion of a first side of the vehicle, a second side segment defining a portion of a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side, and a roof segment extending from the first side segment to the second side segment and defining a portion of a top of the vehicle. The vehicle may also include a door mechanism coupled to the door structure and configured to move the door structure between a closed position and an open position, relative to the body.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a first seat;
- a second seat;
- a vehicle body comprising:
- a first body segment defining a first roof segment positioned over the first seat of the vehicle;
- and
- a second body segment set apart from the first body segment by a roofless span and defining a second roof segment positioned over the second seat of the vehicle;
- a first canopy door defining:
- a third roof segment;
- and
- a first pair of side segments extending from opposite sides of the third roof segment;
- and
- a second canopy door comprising:
- a fourth roof segment;
- and
- a second pair of side segments extending from opposite sides of the fourth roof segment, wherein:
- when the first canopy door and the second canopy door are in a closed position, a first inner edge of the first canopy door is positioned in the roofless span and sealed against a second inner edge of the second canopy door;
- and
- when the first canopy door and the second canopy door are in an open position, the roofless span is exposed and the first body segment is at least partially enclosed by the first canopy door and the second body segment is at least partially enclosed by the second canopy door.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a body defining a first seating area and a second seating area and comprising:
- a first body segment defining a first roof segment positioned over the first seating area;
- and
- a second body segment set apart from the first body segment by a roofless central opening extending to an interior floor of the vehicle, the second body segment defining a second roof segment positioned over the second seating area;
- a first door structure comprising:
- a first side segment;
- a second side segment opposite the first side segment;
- and
- a third roof segment extending from the first side segment to the second side segment;
- and
- a second door structure comprising:
- a third side segment;
- a fourth side segment opposite the third side segment;
- and
- a fourth roof segment extending from the third side segment to the fourth side segment;
- wherein:
- when the first door structure and the second door structure are in a closed position, the first door structure and the second door structure fully enclose the roofless central opening;
- and
- when the first door structure and the second door structure are in an open position, the roofless central opening is exposed.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a first pair of wheels at a first end of the vehicle and configured to steer the vehicle when the vehicle is travelling in a direction of the first end of the vehicle;
- a second pair of wheels at a second end of the vehicle and configured to steer the vehicle when the vehicle is travelling in a direction of the second end of the vehicle;
- and
- a pair of canopy doors positionable in an open position in which a roofless span of the vehicle is exposed and a closed position in which the roofless span of the vehicle is enclosed, the pair of canopy doors having a same shape and comprising:
- a first canopy door defining a first roof segment and a first pair of side segments extending from the first roof segment;
- and
- a second canopy door defining a second roof segment and a second pair of side segments extending from the second roof segment, wherein:
- the first roof segment and the second roof segment are pitched away from a center of the roofless span of the vehicle when the pair of canopy doors are in the open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.