Vehicle roof opening mechanism
CA 1281350 C · Owner: Britax Weathershields Limited · Inventors: Betteridge, Timothy D.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A vehicle roof with a roof opening which can be closed by a panel which is pivotable about its front edge. A strut, with a rack on one side has one end, pivotally attached to the rear edge of the panel. A gear wheel is mounted on the underside of the vehicle roof and engages with the gear wheel to raise and lower the rear edge of the panel. Stop formations adjacent to the end of the strut opposite to that which is attached to the roof panel are engaged by a blocking lever to prevent movement of the strut beyond the range of positions in which the gear wheel can engage with the rack.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted March 12, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 12, 2008.
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