Convertible top mechanism

Claim 1

IN A CONVERTIBLE TOP OPERATING MECHANISM FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES INCLUDING A FRONT RAIL, AND A CENTER RAIL ARTICULATELY INTERCONNECTED, A REAR RAIL, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID REAR RAIL TO SAID CENTER RAIL, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE LOWER END OF SAID REAR RAIL TO A VEHICLE BODY, A BALANCE RAIL, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING ONE END OF THE BALANCE RAIL TO SAID CENTER RAIL, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE OTHER END OF THE BALANCE RAIL TO THE VEHICLE BODY FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS SPACED FROM THE PIVOTAL AXIS BETWEEN THE REAR RAIL AND VEHICLE BODY, A POWER TRANSMITTING LINK MEANS PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTING THE REAR RAIL AND THE BALANCE RAIL ADJACENT THE PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SAID BALANCE AND REAR RAILS AND THE VEHICLE BODY, AN ACTUATOR FOR SAID REAR RAIL AND THE SAID BALANCE RAIL, MEANS MOUNTING SAID POWER TRANSMITTING LINK MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING MOTION FROM SAID ACTUATOR TO SAID REAR RAIL AND SAID BALANCE RAIL WHEREBY THE REAR RAIL AND THE BALANCE RAIL ARE EACH EFFECTIVE TO TRANSMIT FORCE TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CONVERTIBLE TOP.