Automobile pickup bed roof
An automobile pickup bed has a roof fixing unit which attaches the pickup bed to the automobile pickup bed. The automobile pickup bed has a window panel fixing unit for attaching a door panel to the automobile pickup bed roof in order to be an entrance passage and has a supporting panel unit which locks the front window panel in the holding-open position for air ventilation. Further, the rear of the automobile pickup bed roof has a water drainage device to facilitate water drainage out of a groove of the rear door panel.
1 . An automobile pickup bed roof ( 100 ) with an entrance passage as a door panel or window panel ( 118 ), having a hinge fixing unit ( 120 ) mounted on a window frame ( 119 ) of the automobile pickup bed roof ( 100 ) and fixing a hinge ( 121 ) attached to the window panel ( 118 ) enabling the window panel ( 118 ) to be opened and closed, wherein the hinge fixing unit ( 120 ) comprising an insertion rod ( 123 ), a body ( 124 ), a spring ( 125 ), and a latch ( 126 ), is characterized by: the insertion rod ( 123 ) is in the form of a pipe that can be slid over its length, wherein the insertion rod ( 123 ) has one end being inserted and attached thereto with the spring ( 125 ) and other part of the insertion rod ( 123 ) is inserted and attached to the hinge ( 121 ), the insertion rod ( 123 ), the body ( 124 ), the spring ( 125 ), and the latch ( 126 ) are assembled all together as a unit, whereby one part of the body ( 124 ) is attached to the window frame ( 119 ) of the automobile pickup bed roof ( 100 ), on a side of the body ( 124 ), there is a through hole extending from one end of the body to the other end, the insertion rod ( 123 ) is inserted into the inside of the body ( 124 ) from one end of the body, a first end rod fixing part ( 127 ) covers one end of the insertion rod ( 123 ), a spring fixing slot ( 128 ) is for inserting the spring ( 125 ) into the spring fixing slot ( 128 ), the insertion rod ( 123 ) is inserted into the spring fixing slot ( 128 ) and abut against the spring ( 125 ) so that it is in a fixed position, a latch sliding slot ( 129 ), which is parallel to the spring fixing slot ( 128 ) is for guiding the latch ( 126 ) to move within that slot securely, at the other end of the latch sliding slot ( 129 ), there is provided with a groove ( 130 ), in which the latch ( 126 ) can be locked and cannot be moved by a biasing force of the spring ( 125 ), a mid-rod fixing part ( 131 ) is a part that covers and holds part of the insertion rod ( 123 ), allowing the insertion rod ( 123 ) to slide within the mid-rod fixing part back and forth securely, a hinge fixing slot ( 132 ) is provided at one end of the hinge ( 121 ), which has a hole ( 122 ) being aligned such that the hinge can be fitted in the hinge fixing slot ( 132 ), allowing the insertion rod ( 123 ) to slide into and secure with the hinge ( 121 ), a second end-rod fixing part ( 133 ) is a part that covers the other end of the insertion rod ( 123 ); the spring ( 125 ) is inserted into the spring fixing slot ( 128 ), while having the insertion rod ( 123 ) abutted against the spring ( 125 ) resulting in the spring staying in a stationary position, whereby one end of the spring ( 125 ) abuts against a wall of the spring fixing slot ( 128 ) and the other end of the spring ( 125 ) attaches or abuts against the insertion rod ( 123 ); the latch ( 126 ) having one end connected with one part of the insertion rod ( 123 ), the latch ( 126 ) is capable of sliding inside the spring fixing slot ( 128 ), the other end of the latch ( 126 ) protrudes outward from the latch sliding slot ( 129 ), wherein the latch sliding slot ( 129 ) is parallel to the spring fixing slot ( 128 ), the end part of the latch that protrudes outside is for manipulation the latch by sliding back and forth.