Car top cabin

Claim 1

A car top traveler cabin for use on a passenger vehicle having a forward passenger compartment and an open rear baggage compartment, comprising a lower housing having a rectangular four wall portion fitting along the top of the passenger compartment from the vicinity of the windshield to a position above the rear bumper and an integral part extending downwardly at the sides of the baggage compartment and the rear thereof, a bottom having an opening in register with the opening in the baggage compartment and a top closure, the housing sides consisting of selfreinforcing cellular panels having smooth inner and outer surfaces, a vertical cornerpiece at each corner provided with a turned corner portion and with pairs of parallel flanges extending at right angles from the corner portion and overlapping the adjacent edges of the panels forming the housing sides, means securing the top closure and the bottom to the housing means securing the parallel flanges of the cornerpieces to the panels to form a rigid structure, means for securing a forward portion of the cabin to the top of the passenger compartment, means for securing a rear portion of the cabin to the car rear bumper with the cabin walls in spaced relation above the baggage compartment and a flexible tubular boot secured to the lower ends of the cabin walls and to the perimeter of the baggage compartment to connect the registered openings.