Deployable halo for open-air vehicle

A protection system for an open-air vehicle, the protection system comprising:

• a left track fixed relative to a frame of the open-air vehicle, the left track positioned longitudinally forward of a cabin of the open-air vehicle, the left track elongated longitudinally relative to the open-air vehicle;
• a right track fixed relative to the frame, the right track positioned longitudinally forward of the cabin, the right track parallel to the left track;
• a front carrier engaged with the left track and the right track, the front carrier slidable along the left track and the right track between a front position and a rear position, the front position being forward of the rear position;
• a front plate extending from a lower edge to an upper edge, the front plate rotatable about the front carrier at the lower edge, the front plate movable with the front carrier between an undeployed position and a deployed position, the front plate being in the undeployed position when the front carrier is in the front position, the front plate being in the deployed position when the front carrier is in the rear position, the front plate in the deployed position sloping upward from the front carrier in front of the cabin, the front plate in the undeployed position being more horizontal than in the deployed position;
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• a U-member hingedly connected to the front plate at the upper edge, the U-member including a left arm elongated rearward from the front plate along a left side of the cabin, the U-member including a right arm elongated rearward from the front plate along a right side of the cabin.