Articulated device between linkage assembly support arms of a collapsible roof

An articulated device comprising:

• a first arm having a first end with a first bearing hole;
• a second arm having a first end with a second bearing hole, wherein the first ends of the arms are adjacent to one another with the bearing holes aligned;
• and
• a rivet assembly for connecting the arms together at the first ends such that the arms are movable relative to one another about the first ends, the rivet assembly having a blind rivet, the blind rivet having a rivet sleeve with a rivet sleeve head and a mandrel shaft with a mandrel head, a part of the mandrel shaft axially extending within the rivet sleeve and the mandrel head being axially within the rivet sleeve to cause the rivet sleeve to have a radial expansion adjacent the mandrel head, the rivet sleeve and the mandrel shaft axially extending through the first and second bearing holes with the mandrel head and the radial expansion of the rivet sleeve being axially within the first bearing hole and the rivet sleeve head on the first end of the second arm adjacent to the second bearing hole;
• the rivet assembly further having a bearing sleeve extending between the rivet sleeve and the first and second bearing holes, the bearing sleeve having a collar-type stop and a shoulder-type shaft stop with the collar-type stop lying adjacent the first arm and the shoulder-type shaft stop lying axially within the first bearing hole against the radial expansion of the rivet sleeve, the bearing sleeve further having a ring-shaped stop adjacent the rivet sleeve head.