Patent Yard Sign in
Expired Canadian patentCanada

Vehicle convertible top frame side rail linkage assembly

CA 1305201 C · Owner: Cars & Concepts, Inc. · Inventors: Hennessy, Robert E.

CIPO record

Overview

Drawings and full text

Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.

Open the CIPO record

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A vehicle convertible top side rail linkage assembly (46,46') is disclosed for providing foldable interconnection of front and intermediate rail members (40,42) of a convertible top side rail (28). The linkage assembly (46,46') includes: a hinge link (80) having opposite ends respectively pivoted to the front and intermediate rail members (40,42); an operating linkage (62) including first and second operating links (64,66) having first ends respectively pivoted to the front and intermediate rail members (40,42) and having second ends connected to each other; a connecting link (80) that interconnects the hinge link (52) and the operating linkage (62); and an actuating member (90) connected …

Read the whole patent

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 July 14, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 14, 2009.
  • We check Canadian rights only. A patent in its family in another country could still be in force: check its family on Google Patents.
FiledNovember 21, 1988
GrantedJuly 14, 1992
Term endedJuly 14, 2009
Patent numberCA 1305201 C
Classification (IPC)B60J7/08 +1 more

Timeline

Timeline From CIPO dates

1989199219951998200120042007Application filedNov 21, 1988Patent grantedJuly 14, 1992Term endedJuly 14, 2009

Sources & verification

Everything on this page comes from the CIPO record linked above. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.