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Abstract

A hoop arrangement for foldable tops of automotive vehicles which includes a bow-shaped main hoop connected to the top and a bow-shaped corner hoop provided at the top at a spacing from the main hoop for tightening the closed top at an outermost corner thereof. The corner hoop is pivotably supported with its two free ends each at a crank arm with the crank arm being arranged to be pivotable about the pivot point of the main hoop. The corner hoop is connected, at a spacing from its point of articulation to the crank arm, by way of a joint to a guide arm which hingedly engages at the main hoop at a spacing from its pivot point. The joint between the guide arm and the corner hoop cooperates, at least when the top is almost opened up, with a curved guide means which has an ascending slope in a direction pointing away from the pivot point of the main hoop.

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