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A hollow, inverted U-shaped housing assembly is provided and the lower ends of the legs thereof are mounted from lower marginal portions of opposite longitudinal sides and in certain installations, mounted to the roof or top of a passenger vehicle body. Guide tracks extend forwardly from the lower e

A hollow, inverted U-shaped housing assembly is provided and the lower ends of the legs thereof are mounted from lower marginal portions of opposite longitudinal sides and in certain installations, mounted to the roof or top of a passenger vehicle body. Guide tracks extend forwardly from the lower ends of the housing legs and the interior of the housing is divided into a forwardly opening forward compartment and a rearwardly opening rear compartment. Front and rear sets of inverted U-shaped support bows are mounted within the front and rear compartments and have elongated front and rear cover portions supported therefrom. The front bows include followers guidingly engaged with the tracks for movement there along and from which the lower ends of the bows are pivotally mounted. Thus, the front bows may be forwardly displaced from the housing and forwardly and downwardly swung relative to the tracks for covering the front portion of the associated vehicle. The lower ends of the rear bows are pivotally supported from the housing and may be swung rearwardly and downwardly for covering the rear portion of the associated vehicle. The forwardmost bow of the forward bows and the rearmost bow of the rear bows each include closure cap structures supported therefrom which close the corresponding compartments of the housing when the bows and the cover portions are in their fully retracted positions.

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In combination a vehicle including front and rear portions and opposite longitudinal sides extending between said front and rear portions and including lower marginal portions, and an inverted, generally U-shaped and hollow housing arch assembly including a pair of upstanding legs having upper and l

In combination a vehicle including front and rear portions and opposite longitudinal sides extending between said front and rear portions and including lower marginal portions, and an inverted, generally U-shaped and hollow housing arch assembly including a pair of upstanding legs having upper and lower ends and an upper transverse portion extending between and interconnecting the upper ends of said legs, the lower ends of said legs being supported relative to generally longitudinal mid-portions of said lower marginal portions of said sides, said housing assembly including a forwardly opening forward portion and a rearwardly opening rear portion, front and rear sets of inverted U-shaped supports bows shiftably supported within said forward and rear portions of said housing arch assembly for movement between retracted positions recessed within said forward and rear portions of said housing arch assembly and extended positions with said forward support bows displaced forwardly out of said front portion and at least some of said front support bows swung forwardly and downwardly over said front portion of said vehicle and said rear support bows swung rearwardly and downwardly over said rear portion, elongated front and rear flexible cover portions of said housing arch assembly supported from said front and rear sets of bows and having rear and front ends, respectively, anchored in said front and rear portions and front and rear ends, anchored to a forwardmost and a rearmost bows, respectively, of said forward and rear sets of bows, said forwardmost and rearmost-bows including closure cap portions for removably closing the front and rear portions of said housing arch assembly.