Method for attaching a soft top to a motor vehicle body

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6295713
SERIAL NO

08955667

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A method for attaching a soft top to a motor vehicle body tensions the soft top without a separate tensioning device. The method includes the general steps of attaching a support member to the motor vehicle for pivotal movement about a transverse pivot axis, supporting an upper rear corner of the top with the support member, and tensioning the top by upwardly and rearwardly biasing the upper rear corner of the top with the support member. The support member functions to provide a spring load for tensioning the top. In the preferred method, the support member is elastically deformed for tensioning the top.

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ANTARES CAPITAL LP AS SUCCESSOR AGENT500 WEST MONROE STREET CHICAGO IL 60661

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bores, Leonard Livonia, MI 3 81
DeLellis, Louis D South Lyon, MI 15 208
Grabowski, William A Northville, MI 13 196
Hickey, Mark A Howell, MI 4 87
Hilliard, Michael E Plymouth, MI 8 158
Tebbutt, Stephen K West Bloomfield, MI 3 77
Worley, Robert D Fenton, MI 8 233

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