Soft front cockpit cover

An openable panel top assembly for a vehicle, comprising:

• two door rails attached to side members of said vehicle;
• two brackets, wherein a respective one of said brackets are each connected to a respective one of said two door rails;
• two side rails pivotally connected to said at least two door rails using said two brackets creating a pivot point on each of said two door rails;
• a first bow member connected between said two side rails and adapted to selectively connect to a windshield frame;
• a cover connected at a front edge to said first bow member, where pivoting said two side rails about said pivot points moves said cover between a deployed position and an open position, and where said two side rails provide clearance between a hard top roof portion and said first bow when said cover is in said open position, and where said two side rails provide a predetermined height clearance with a hard to roof portion when said cover is in said open position;
• a rear header member arrangement adapted to connect to a rear edge of said cover and to connect to a cross member, where said rear header member seals against a hard top roof portion seal to provide a weatherproof seal.

An openable panel top assembly for a vehicle having a windshield frame with side members extending therefrom and a cross member connecting said side members adjacent to the rear of a front cockpit of said vehicle, said soft panel top assembly comprising:

• two door rails attached to said side members of said vehicle;
• two brackets, wherein a respective one of said brackets are each connected to a respective one of said two door rails;
• two side rails pivotally connected to said at least two door rails using said two brackets creating a pivot point on each of said two door rails;
• a first bow member connected between said two side rails and adapted to selectively connect to said windshield frame;
• a cover connected at a front edge to said first bow member, wherein the two pivot points create a pivotal portion comprising said two side rails and said first bow member where pivoting said two side rails about said pivot points moves said cover between a deployed position and an open position, and where said two side rails provide clearance with said hard top roof portion when said cover is in said open position;
• a rear header member adapted for connecting a rear edge of said cover to said rear header member and adapted to connect to a top surface of said cross member, wherein the shape and connection of said rear header member to said cross member brings said rear header member against a seal of a hard top roof portion to provide a weatherproof seal.