Collapsible cover assembly for vehicles

Claim 1

A COLLAPSIBLE COVER ASEMBLY FOR VEHICLES COMPRISING: (A) TRACK MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF PARALLEL TUBULAR RAILS; (B) A PAIR OF UPRIGHT PANELS ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED AT THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE VEHICLE, (C) SAID TUBULAR RAILS BEING CONTIGUOUSLY SECURED ALONG THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID PANELS SO THAT EACH RAIL BECOMES AN INTEGRAL UNIT WITH THE PANEL TO WHICH IT IS SECURED, (D) A PLURALITY OF CARRIER SLEEVES SLIDABLY ENCIRCLING EACH OF SAID RAILS, (E) EACH SLEEVE BEING OF UNITARY CONSTRUCTION AND HAVING A DOWNWARDLY FACING SLOT OF FIXED WIDTH FOR ACCOMMODATING THE UPPER MARGINAL PORTION OF THE PARTICULAR PANEL WITH WHICH IT IS ASSOCIATED; (F) A PLURALITY OF BOW MEMBERS SPANNING THE LATERAL DISTANCE BETWEEN RAILS, (G) SAID BOW MEMBERS HAVING THEIR ENDS SUPPORTED ON ONE SAID CARRIER SLEEVES AND EACH SLEEVE HAVING A LENGTH SUCH THAT IT PROJECTS FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY FROM THE BOW MEMBER END WITH WHICH IT IS ASSOCIATED, AND (H) A FLEXIBLE CANOPY HAVING SPACED PORTIONS THEREOF ANCHORED TO SAID BOW MEMBERS, (I) WHEREBY WHEN SAID CARRIER SLEEVES ARE MOVED ALONG SAID RAILS IN ONE DIRECTION SAID CANOPY WILL BE COLLAPSED WHEN MOVED IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION SAID CANOPY WILL BE EXPANDED.