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US 7,686,377 B2Granted
Convertible with a roof which can be stored below a covering
AssigneeWilhelm Karmann GmbH
InventorFranz-Ulrich Brockhoff
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Abstract
A convertible vehicle has a roof that is movable between a closed position extending over the passenger compartment and an opened position stowed in a rearward storage region. A movable cover has a closed position wherein the cover covers the rearward storage area and is movable to a first opened position to provide a passage opening for the roof and to a second opened position to provide a loading opening for baggage. A cover extension has an extended position wherein the cover extension at least partially covers an opening between the movable cover and the passenger.
Claims10
A convertible vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body having a passenger compartment and a rearward storage region defined therein;
- a roof movable between a closed position extending over the passenger compartment and an opened position wherein the roof is stowed in the rearward storage region;
- a movable cover having a closed position wherein the cover covers the rearward storage area, the cover being movable to a first opened position to provide a passage opening for the roof and being movable to a second opened position to provide a loading opening for baggage;
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- a cover extension having an extended position wherein the cover extension at least partially covers an opening between the movable cover and the passenger compartment when the roof and the cover are both in the closed position, the cover extension being movable with the cover when the cover moves to the first opened, the cover extension not moving with the cover when the cover moves to the second opened position.
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