Device for removing, storing and installing convertible SUV hard tops

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

• a movable base unit which is sufficiently long and wide to support the apparatus from longitudinal and axial moments with and without the hardtop engaged;
• a vertical support structure having a lower and upper end, wherein said lower end is affixed to said movable base and said upper end is attached to a top platform assembly:
• a means for vertical lifting which is arranged at the vertical support structure and allows the apparatus to exert force vertically for removing the hard top from the vehicle, sustaining the hardtop at a fixed height once the hardtop has been removed from the vehicle, and allowing the hardtop to be controllably lowered onto the vehicle during installation;
• wherein the top platform assembly comprises a plurality of adjustable legs, each with a distal end comprising a bumper for contacting the hardtop;
• wherein the apparatus may be positioned to the hardtop on the automobile and selectively raised or lowered by said vertical lifting means;
• and
• wherein the means for vertical lifting is a pedal lift connected to each of the vertical support structure and the wheeled base unit and the pedal lift comprises a pedal lift lock embodied as a cord, locking spring and locking spring pin which, whereby the locking spring applies pressure to the spring pin, pushing it into one of a plurality of locking pin holes in a central tube and/or vertical support structure, thereby locking the apparatus at a set height.