Convertible top interconnection

Claim 1

A passenger transporting device having a passenger compartment and a forward end, a windshield situated forwardly of said passenger compartment, a cover member for said passenger compartment interconnectable with said windshield, and interconnection means connecting said windshield and said cover, said interconnection means comprising a first part connected to said windshield and a second part connected to said cover, said first part including a first elongated rigid extrusion extending across at least a portion of the width of said windshield and projecting upwardly from and affixed to the upper edge thereof, said extrusion having a cross-sectional shape including a base portion affixed to said windshield and a part circular head portion integrally connected to said base portion through a waist portion, said second part including a second elongated flexible extrusion affixed to the edge of said cover nearest said forward end and extending across at least a portion of the width of said cover coinciding with said portion of the width of said windshield, said second extrusion having a cross-sectional shape including a pair of downwardly projecting arms defining therebetween a part circular channel of complimentary shape to said head portion of said first extrusion, said arms surrounding, gripping and enclosing said head portion when Said cover and windshield are connected and terminating in said waist portion, an air deflection shield integral with said base portion of said first extrusion and positioned to control the flow of air adjacent said interconnection during forward motion of said device, said shield deflecting air during said motion away from the lower extremity of the one of said pair of arms nearest said forward end, thereby inhibiting a tendency of said second part to be disconnected from said first pair by air pressure on said one arm.