US 4,988,141 AGranted

Frame for vehicular hood

AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation

InventorYukiya Takada

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Abstract

A frame having a substantially L-shaped configuration for supporting a vehicular hood, the frame being provided with holding portions for turnably holding the frame on a vehicular body at both the ends and a fixing portion for fixing the frame to the vehicular body by engaging the fixing portion with a fixing member on the vehicular body at the central part thereof, wherein the frame is provided further with a handle in the vicinity of a bent portion thereof, the handle being connected to two points on the frame so as to allow it to be actuated from the inside of a vehicle. The hood can be opened or closed by pushing or pulling the handle adapted to be actuated from the inside of the vehicle. The handle may be jointed to a frame on the vehicular body side via a band or the like means extending therebetween. Consequently, the hood can be closed in a locked state. Moreover, a suitable quantity of wind can be introduced into the interior of the vehicle by keeping the hold in a half-opened state.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A frame for a vehicle flexible hood, comprising:

a substantially L-shaped frame member for supporting a corner of the flexible hood with respect to a corner of the vehicle, said substantially L-shaped frame member having ends with stud members, engaging the vehicle body, and an intermediate bent portion between said ends, said studs being substantially coaxial for rotation of said substantially L-shaped frame member and a corner of the flexible hood about said stud members;
a fixing member disposed on the outside of the vehicle body engageable with a fixing portion connected to said substantially L-shaped frame member adjacent said bent portion;
a handle connected to said substantially L-shaped frame member at two points, adjacent said fixing portion, said handle jutting out from a plane of said substantially L-shaped frame member and extending into the inside of the vehicle body, whereby the L-shaped frame member and connected corner of the flexible hood may be opened by pushing out from the inside of the vehicle body and may be closed by pulling in from the inside of the vehicle body a belt with a snap hook, said belt being fastened around said handle and being connectable to a part of the vehicle in order to lock the position of said handle, said substantially L-shaped frame member and said connected corner of the flexible hood;
and adjustment means for adjusting the position of said belt thereby allowing said substantially L-shaped frame member and said corner of the flexible hood to be locked in an open position.

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A frame for a vehicle flexible hood, comprising:

a substantially L-shaped frame member for supporting a corner of the flexible hood with respect to a corner of the vehicle, said corner of the vehicle having an outer side with an inwardly extending recess, said substantially L-shaped frame member having ends with stud members engaging the vehicle body, said studs being substantially coaxial for rotation of said substantially L-shaped frame member about said stud members, said substantially L-shaped frame member and associated corner of the flexible hood being positioned within said recess of the outer side of the vehicle body in a closed state;
a fixing member disposed on the outer side of the vehicle body, within said recess, said fixing member engageable with a fixing portion of said substantially L-shaped frame member adjacent a bent portion of said substantially L-shaped frame member;
a handle connected to said substantially L-shaped frame member at two points and extending from said two points within the recess on the outside of said vehicle body to a location inside the vehicle body, whereby said substantially L-shaped frame member and said corner of the flexible hood may be opened by pushing said handle outwardly from the inside of the vehicle and may be closed by pulling said handle inwardly from the inside of said vehicle such that said fixing portion engages said fixing member, a belt with a snap hook, said belt being fastened around said handle and being connectable to a part of the vehicle in order to lock the position of said handle, and substantially L-shaped frame member and said connected corner of the flexible hood;
and, adjustment means for adjusting the position of said belt thereby allowing said substantially L-shaped frame member and said corner of the flexible hood to be locked in an open position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.