Water management system for vehicle convertible top
AssigneeMagna Cartop Systems GmbH
InventorsMichael Kapshandy, G. Joseph Frank, Michael E. Kilpinen
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Abstract
A water management system for convertible tops for motor vehicles is provided. The system attaches to a rear edge of the folding top, generally below the rear window and collects water which runs or sheets rearwardly off the surface of the top to direct the water to drainage tubes and expel the water from the vehicle.
Claims17
A water management system for a convertible top of a vehicle, the convertible top including a rear edge which extends at least partway across the vehicle, the system comprising a water directing member having an opening at the top and one or more drainage tubes located at one or more lower extremities of the member wherein said opening is defined by a front edge and a rear edge of the water directing member and wherein the front edge of said water directing member is attached to said rear edge of said convertible top and the rear edge of said water directing member is directly attached to the front edge of the water directing member and supported thereby.
A convertible top for a vehicle that has a body including a storage well, said top being movable between a raised position and a folded position stored within the well, and a rear deck lid mounted for movement between a closed position, covering the well in top raised and lowered positions, and an open position enabling the top to be raised and lowered, said top having a pair of spaced articulated side linkages interconnected by a plurality of spaced transversely extending bows supporting a top cover, each said linkage including a rear rail pivoted to the body, said top cover including a rear window and a rear edge wherein a water management system is attached to the said rear edge, wherein said water management system comprises a water directing member having a plurality of openings at the top and one or more drainage tubes located at one or more lower extremities of the member and wherein said openings are defined by a front upper edge and a rear upper edge, wherein the front upper edge of said water directing member is directly attached to said rear edge of said top.
A water management system for a convertible top of a vehicle, the convertible top including a rear edge which extends at least partway across the vehicle, the system comprising:
- a water directing member having a an opening at the top and one or more drainage tubes located at one or more lower extremities of the water directing member;
- a front upper edge and a rear upper edge of the water directing member defining the opening;
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- wherein the front upper edge of said opening is sewn along its length to said rear edge of said convertible top and wherein the rear edge of said water directing member is directly attached to the front edge of the water directing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.