Roll bar structure for vehicles

Claim 1

A combination vehicle and roll bar structure therefor comprising a. a front driver''s compartment, b. a rear passenger compartment comprising a bottom wall and a body portion defined by a top wall, side walls, and a rear wall, c. a wheel housing projecting upwardly from and forming a part of the bottom wall on each side of said rear compartment, d. a pair of transverse roll bars formed of metal tubing arranged to be mounted in the rear compartment of the vehicle with one of said roll bars disposed at the front of the rear compartment and the other disposed at the rear of the rear compartment, e. said roll bars being of inverted U-shape, having upstanding leg portions and a connecting top portion, f. each of said roll bars being bent into shape from a single length of tubing, g. base plates on the bottom ends of said legs secured to the bottom wall of said rear compartment of the vehicle, h. and a pair of longitudinally extending reinforcing bars connected to said leg portions of said two roll bars on respective sides at a point intermediate the upper and lower ends of said legs to form a rigidized roll bar assembly open at the front and rear from the top connecting portion to the base plates and also open at the top to allow head room for persons seated in the rear passenger compartment, i. said legs of the roll bars being shaped to substantially follow the contour of the inner surface of said side walls, j. said base plates on each side being disposed one forwardly of the wheel housings and one rearwardly of the wheel housings.