Cabriolet vehicle for passenger transport
AssigneeAugustinus Maria Verachtert
InventorsCarlos Alberto Matos Ricardo, Geertruida Anna Petronella Maria Lammers
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a hardtop passenger vehicle with a driver's seat and passenger seats. The passenger vehicle includes a chassis and body with a passenger compartment including a substantially U-shaped roof construction, which covers at least some of the seats of the vehicle in which portions of the roof construction can be removed. The substantially U-shaped roof construction includes at least two shape retaining, nestable roof elements that are movable relative to each other and are positioned at least one behind another, at least when in a covering position.
Claims13
A hardtop type minibus provided with a driver's seat and passenger seats, comprising:
- a chassis and a body with a passenger compartment comprising a U-shaped roof construction, the body including spaced A-pillars, B-pillars and C-pillars wherein the passenger compartment is situated between the B-pillars and the C-pi liars, wherein:
- the U-shaped roof construction is positioned between the B-pillars and the C-pillars and covers and extends alongside at least some of the seats of the vehicle and is configured to be retractable over at least some of the seats such that the U-shaped roof construction has an open and closed position, and
- the U-shaped roof construction comprises at least two shape retaining, nestable roof elements which are movable relative to each other and which are configured to be positioned one behind another in the closed position, wherein at least one of the at least two shape retaining roof elements includes a roof portion and two windows.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.