Releasably mounted automotive windshield

摘要

In at least one implementation, a releasably mounted windshield assembly for a vehicle having a passenger compartment includes a windshield and a control mechanism. The windshield has an inner surface defining part of the passenger compartment when the windshield is in a first position and the control mechanism is coupled at one end to the vehicle and at its other end to the windshield. The control mechanism includes a pivot that permits the windshield to move relative to the vehicle so that the inner surface of the of the windshield faces the vehicle when the windshield is in a second position.

主权项

1. A releasably mounted windshield assembly for a vehicle having a passenger compartment and a hood, comprising:
a windshield with a lower edge and an upper edge and having a frame adapted to be releasably coupled to a vehicle and a transparent pane carried by the frame, the transparent pane has an inner surface defining part of the passenger compartment when the windshield is in a first position; a control mechanism coupled at one end to the vehicle and at its other end to the windshield, the control mechanism including a pivot that permits the windshield to move relative to the vehicle so that the inner surface of the windshield faces the vehicle when the windshield is in a second position, the lower edge is closer to the hood when the windshield is in its first position, the lower edge is spaced farther from the passenger compartment than the upper edge when the windshield is in its second position and the upper edge is closer to the hood when the windshield is in the second position than when the windshield is in the first position.