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1. An opening and closing assembly for a vehicle with a compartment, a first inboard frame member, and a door assembly, the door assembly including a rigid door panel configured to at least partly cover a door opening, a roller rotatably attached to the rigid door panel, and a door frame member supporting a track, the track being configured to receive the roller and extending from a bottom end of the track at least partly upward, with respect to the vehicle, the opening and closing assembly comprising:
a support member rotatably attached to the rigid door panel and extending horizontally along the rigid door panel; and a first pivot arm that is at least one of rigidly connected to and integrally formed with the support member, the first pivot arm extending inboard from the support member, with respect to the utility vehicle, to pivotally attach to the first inboard frame member; wherein, upon an application of an upward force to the rigid door panel, with the rigid door panel in a closed orientation, the first pivot arm pivots with respect to the first inner frame member to move the support member in an arcuate path extending upward and inboard, with respect to the vehicle, the support member thereby moving the rigid door panel upward and inboard, towards a fully open orientation, along a door path at least partly defined by the track; and wherein, a lower end of the rigid door panel does not extend substantially outboard of the compartment as the rigid door panel moves between the closed and fully open orientations. |
