A motor vehicle includes a body, a roof which is adjustable between a closed position and an opened position and has at least one front roof part and a rear roof part, two opposite side pillars, and two opposite rear pillars. The front roof part is connected rotatably to the two side pillars and the rear roof part is connected rotatably to the two rear pillars. The two side pillars and the two rear pillars are movably connected to the body. In the opened position of the roof, the rear roof part forms a folding top compartment lid, below which the front roof part, the two side pillars, and the two rear pillars are stowed.

Method of functioning the retractable hard top system for convertible vehicles which implies splitting the ceiling in the middle (through the longitudinal axis of the vehicle), moving the rear window with the frame-like area around it on top of the trunk lid, opening the upper areas of the rear wings and folding compactly the remaining components of the roof inside the lateral areas of the trunk. This method significantly increases the usable volume of the luggage compartment and offers an easier access to the items carried in the trunk. Also, this method requires a less complex operation system which leads to less expensive manufacturing and maintenance costs.

An earth working machine (10), for example a road milling machine (10), recycler, stabilizer, or surface miner, having a propelling unit (22) and a machine frame (12); the earth working machine (10) comprising a working apparatus (32) for earth working; and an operator's platform (24), having an operator's platform floor (64) and having at least one operating device (26), being provided on the machine frame (12); the earth working machine (10) comprising a protective canopy (44) liftable and lowerable relative to the operator's platform floor (64) between a lifted operating position and a lowered transport position; the earth working machine (10) comprising a panel arrangement (46) having an upper edge (46a) located closer to the protective canopy (44), having a lower edge (46b) located farther from the protective canopy (44) at a distance from the upper edge (46a), and having two side edges (46c, 46d) spanning the distance between the upper and the lower edge (46a, 46b); the panel arrangement (46) being connected in an upper connecting region (58), located closer to its upper edge (46a) than to its lower edge (46b), to the protective canopy (44) and being connected in a lower connecting region (60), located closer to its lower edge (46b) than to its upper edge (46a), to the machine frame (12) and/or to the operator's platform floor (64) constituting a connecting base. Provision is made according to the present invention that the panel arrangement (46) is liftable and lowerable together with the protective canopy (44), the panel arrangement (46) being received on the earth working machine (10) with its lower edge (46b) movably toward and away from the operator's platform floor (64).

The current invention is a double hard top hinge and System. It allows for the easy of moving sliding and storing a hard top on a vehicle like an SUV or a Jeep. The system will have a double hinge that will allow the roof panel to be moved on top of a accessory such as a luggage rack this is on top of a vehicle. The panels can be stacked and stored at the same level as the top of the cab.

Method of functioning the retractable hard top system for convertible vehicles which implies splitting the ceiling in the middle (through the longitudinal axis of the vehicle), moving the rear window with the frame-like area around it on top of the trunk lid, opening the upper areas of the rear wings and folding compactly the remaining components of the roof inside the lateral areas of the trunk. This method significantly increases the usable volume of the luggage compartment and offers an easier access to the items carried in the trunk. Also, this method requires a less complex operation system which leads to less expensive manufacturing and maintenance costs.

A motor vehicle includes a body, a roof which is adjustable between a closed position and an opened position and has at least one front roof part and a rear roof part, two opposite side pillars, and two opposite rear pillars. The front roof part is connected rotatably to the two side pillars and the rear roof part is connected rotatably to the two rear pillars. The two side pillars and the two rear pillars are movably connected to the body. In the opened position of the roof, the rear roof part forms a folding top compartment lid, below which the front roof part, the two side pillars, and the two rear pillars are stowed.

A soft window storage unit may comprise a fabric storage roller and a window storage roller mounted to a base or built into a vehicle. A soft fabric may be coupled to and wrapped around the fabric storage roller. A method of storing a soft window of a vehicle may include unrolling a length of fabric from a fabric storage roller and wrapping at least a portion of the length of fabric onto a window storage roller; then wrapping a soft window around the window storage roller while wrapping the fabric around the window storage roller. The method may further include wrapping the soft window between layers of fabric into the window storage roller. The method may further include removing the soft window from storage by wrapping the fabric back onto the fabric storage roller while simultaneously unwrapping the fabric and the soft window from the window storage roller.

A carrying system for a SUV hardtop, which includes a carrier that allows the hardtop and doors to be detached from the vehicle but still kept with the vehicle while removed. The carrying system allows for easy attachment and securing of the hardtop and doors to the carrier. In some exemplary embodiments, the carrier attaches to the hitch and to the rear-mounted spare tire carrier of the SUV. In other exemplary embodiments, the carrier attaches to the vehicle only at the hitch. Conveying the doors and hardtop with the SUV allows the SUV, at any time and in any place, to be converted quickly between convertible and non-convertible modes, depending on weather conditions and other factors.