Abstract: A removable vehicle top assembly for use with a Jeep-type vehicle for attaching a combination hard top and flexible soft top cover. A first hard top cover is fastened over a forward passenger area of the vehicle. A rearward storage area of the vehicle is defined in part by a pair of roll bars which extend to a rear of the vehicle. A first U-shaped and extensible assembly is pivotally secured to the sides of the vehicle and envelops the roll bars. A second generally U-shaped member is pivotally mounted to a rearward end of the roll bars and includes a spaced middle elongated portion. The flexible cover is drapped over the second U-shaped member and is attached to the U-shaped extensible assembly and to portions of the sides and rear of the vehicle. The second U-shaped member includes a pivot mechanism which rotates the second member between a material installing, a material tautening and a rearward non-use position.

Abstract: A locating and latch down assembly device for a removable vehicle roof panel and a roof panel provided with such a device are disclosed. A tapering finger connector is mounted on the center of the rear edge of the roof panel and extends outwardly and inwardly therefrom. The tapering finger connector has a detent formed on a bottom face thereof which extends through the width. A tapering slot connector adapted to receive the finger connector is formed in the center of a rear edge of opening in the roof. A cylinder is mounted on the bottom face of the slot connector and extends laterally therethrough. The cylinder is adapted to engage the detent when the finger connector is inserted into the slot connector, thereby serving to align and latch the connectors to each other and the panel to the vehicle. The tapering slot connector may be formed in a roll bar extending along the rear edge of the roof opening.