Sliding-bow folding up

A sliding-bow folding top for vehicles comprising:

• a loading platform of a vehicle,
• a first end bow,
• a second end bow,
• a plurality of U-shaped sliding bows spanning a width of the loading platform of said vehicle, the sliding bows comprising bow parts defining an upper boundary, said sliding bows and at least one of said first end bow and said second end bow being displaceable in a longitudinal direction of said loading platform for opening and closing of the folding top,
• a tarpaulin carried on said bow parts, the tarpaulin, when the folding top is closed, covering the loading platform of said vehicle,
• at least one U-shaped auxiliary bow arranged on one of said sliding bows, the auxiliary bow being pivotable through a limited angular range about an axis of articulation parallel to a plane of said sliding bow, wherein said auxiliary bow having a limb length being greater than a distance between the axis of articulation and said bow part of the one sliding bow,
• wherein said tarpaulin comprises an arrangement for enforcing folding of the tarpaulin during opening of the folding top to at least in part compensate for a lifting of the tarpaulin due to the at least one auxiliary bow being pivoted toward the one sliding bow and protruding over a height of the one sliding bow, said arrangement for enforcing folding of the tarpaulin comprises deflecting elements in order to enforce a curved deflection of the tarpaulin.

A sliding-bow folding top for vehicles comprising:

• a loading platform of a vehicle,
• a first end bow,
• a second end bow,
• a plurality of U-shaped sliding bows spanning a width of the loading platform of said vehicle, the sliding bows comprising bow parts defining an upper boundary, said sliding bows and at least one of said first end bow and said second end bow being displaceable in a longitudinal direction of said loading platform for opening and closing of the folding top,
• a tarpaulin carried on said bow parts, the tarpaulin, when the folding top is closed, covering the loading platform of said vehicle,
• at least one U-shaped auxiliary bow arranged on one of said sliding bows, the auxiliary bow being pivotable through a limited angular range about an axis of articulation parallel to a plane of said sliding bow, said auxiliary bow having a limb length being greater than a distance between the axis of articulation and said bow part of the one sliding bow,
• wherein the limb length of the auxiliary bow is shorter than half a height of the one sliding bow.

A sliding-bow folding top for vehicles comprising:

• a loading platform of a vehicle,
• a first end bow,
• a second end bow,
• a plurality of U-shaped sliding bows spanning a width of the loading platform or said vehicle, the sliding bows comprising bow parts defining an upper boundary, said sliding bows and at least one of said first end bow and said second end bow being displaceable in a longitudinal direction of said loading platform for opening and closing of the folding top,
• a tarpaulin carried on said bow parts, the tarpaulin, when the folding top is closed, covering the loading platform of said vehicle,
• at least one U-shaped auxiliary bow arranged on one of said sliding bows, the auxiliary bow being pivotable through a limited angular range about an axis of articulation parallel to a plane of said sliding bow, said auxiliary bow having a limb length being greater than a distance between the axis of articulation and said bow part of the one sliding bow,
• wherein a device for enforcing controlled folding of the tarpaulin during opening of the folding top in provided in a lower region of the one sliding bow, and
• wherein the axis of articulation is arranged in an upper region of the one sliding bow.

A sliding-bow folding top for vehicles comprising:

• a loading platform of a vehicle,
• a first end bow,
• a second end bow,
• a plurality of U-shaped sliding bows spanning a width of the loading platform of said vehicle, the sliding bows comprising bow parts defining an upper boundary, said sliding bows and at least one of said first end bow and said second and bow being displaceable in a longitudinal direction of said loading platform for opening and closing of the folding top,
• a tarpaulin carried on said bow pans, the tarpaulin, when the folding top is closed, covering the loading platform of said vehicle,
• wherein said at least one of said first end bow and said second end bow being displaceable can be locked in a position corresponding to the closed folding top relative to said loading platform and is assigned wedge-type ramps which secure its locked end position, said wedge-type ramps being inclined in such a manner that during unlocking of said as least one of said first end bow and said second end bow being displaceable said wedge-type ramps form a run-off ramp in order to obtain an initial acceleration during opening of said folding top.