US 11,890,920 B1
Soft top conversion assemblies, systems and methods
Anthony B. Siragusa, Yorba Linda, CA (US); and James E. Grimes, Yorba Linda, CA (US)
Filed by WOW AUTO TOPS, INC., Yorba Linda, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,740.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/371,427, filed on Aug. 15, 2022.
Int. Cl. B60J 7/11 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/11 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A soft top conversion assembly to be fitted onto an open space above a driver seat and a passenger seat of an automobile, the soft top conversion assembly comprising in combination:
A) a rectangular detachable frame assembly comprising four detachable frame corners, a front anchor portion comprising a front anchor left end and a front anchor right end, a rear anchor portion comprising a rear anchor left end and a rear anchor right end, a left side portion comprising a left side portion front end and a left side portion rear end, and a right side portion comprising a right side portion front end and a right side portion rear end, wherein the left side portion front end is releasably attached to the front anchor left end and the left side portion rear end is releasably attached to the rear anchor left end and the right side front end is releasably attached to the front anchor right end and the right side rear end is releasably attached to the rear anchor right end;
B) the front anchor portion further comprising an underside channel sized to receive and be locked onto a top portion of an automobile front windscreen frame beginning at a front boundary of the open space above the driver and passenger seats of the automobile by a left latch insert assembly and a right latch insert assembly within the front portion underside channel, a front anchor left end housing, and a second front anchor right end housing;
C) the rear anchor portion further comprising an underside channel sized to receive and be locked into a top portion of an automobile rear window and roof assembly beginning at a rear boundary of the open space above the driver and passenger seats of the automobile by a latch assembly centered on the rear anchor portion and a left pin insert and a right pin insert equidistant from the latch assembly and on each side of the latch assembly, a rear anchor left end housing, and a rear anchor right end housing;
D) attachment assemblies to releasably secure the left side portion to the front anchor left end housing and the rear anchor left end housing, and releasably secure the right side portion to the front anchor right end housing and the rear anchor right end housing near each respective detachable frame rectangular corner;
E) a soft top cover comprising a bottom side, and a top side, wherein a top cover bottom side front end is affixed to a front anchor portion top surface, including a front anchor left end housing top surface and a front anchor right end housing top surface, and a top cover bottom side rear end is affixed to a rear anchor portion top surface, including a rear anchor left end housing top surface, and a rear anchor right end housing top surface, whereby the top cover is sized to cover the rectangular detachable frame assembly;
F) a flexible stabilizing bar sized to be fitted between the left side portion and the right side portion, the flexible stabilizing bar comprising a stabilizing bar left end and a stabilizing bar right end, a stabilizing bar left end prong sized to be received and releasably attached onto a stabilizing bar left end dowl, a stabilizing bar right end prong sized to be received and releasably attached onto a stabilizing bar right end dowl, whereby the stabilizing bar folds inward around a stabilizing bar central pivot point, and whereby alignment of the stabilizing bar left end and the stabilizing bar right end into a straight configuration regarding the central pivot point causes the flexible stabilizing bar to bow upwards, contacting the soft top cover bottom side, and supporting and stabilizing the soft top cover.