Removable closure panel and releasable spring hinge means therefor

摘要

A readily removable closure panel for an opening in a roof or wall of a vehicle and including a quick release hinge means for permitting partial opening of the panel and for rapid disengagement and removal of the panel from the roof. An adjustable hinge construction for a panel wherein the hinge construction includes a resilient yieldable hinge member which provides a hinge edge for releasable pivotal engagement with a cooperable frame portion of a frame member defining an opening in the roof. The hinge edge engagement provides a hinge axis beneath or interiorly of the panel margin and the hinge edge is adjustably spaced therefrom for causing the panel edge margin to press against a resilient gasket on the frame member in both closed and partially opened position of the panel.