Maybe the picture of the netting in the back of a pickup truck threw you off Jerry; sorry. Plus I wasn't complete.
Interesting, that makes more sense, I guess my biggest question would be, how to make sure you don’t scratch the panels when you slide/flip it over the hardtop.Maybe the picture of the netting in the back of a pickup truck threw you off Jerry; sorry. Plus I wasn't complete.
Envision one or both Freedom Panels lying on the rear of the hardtop, interior side towards the sky, no differently than how they'd lie when using the EZUFT product discussed above:
On top of this panel would be cargo netting the size of it. It would wrap around the hinged attachment points levers of the Freedom Panel that normal keep that Panel secured to the Wrangler when closed. In the front end of the Freedom Panel, as position upside done in the following picture, that netting would tie around the, say, sound bar.
Closer to the rear of the vehicle, beyond the length of the upsidedown Freedom panel, would be two cords that formed the outside perimeter of where netting had been cut away behind the length of that Freedom Panel. See my sketch of netting in the prior post.
Those two cords get attached to the two pieces of hardware from Topsy Inc linked prior.
Something like this:
Where the netting closer to the garage is connected to the sound bar, and the two cords in the rear are connected to the Topsy product.
Of course one could be made for the passenger's side too.
Cluge....maybe...but no marks and a fraction of the cost.
I guess this would be limited to on-road use only?
I think being able to disengage the freedom panels from a seated position then push them up and slide them into a rail that receives them and then back into an enclosure thin and sleek that has a spring loaded cover on front, would be the answer here. The hinges are a great innovation but as you suggest it would require to stop and get out of the jeep. The rail system would simply be a guide not a connected rail but simply a holding rail like a c channel. The concept would be to protect the freedom panels from environment and secure them in an enclosure while still in the jeep, of course stopping momentarily to make the change. That is the ticket.
I think Gilligan tried this and caught two girls in his jeep Marianne and Ginger. It worked fantastical. Ok All kidding aside you have a great mind toward innovation, and this is a unique low cost approach!Maybe the picture of the netting in the back of a pickup truck threw you off Jerry; sorry. Plus I wasn't complete.
Envision one or both Freedom Panels lying on the rear of the hardtop, interior side towards the sky, no differently than how they'd lie when using the EZUFT product discussed above:
On top of this panel would be cargo netting the size of it. It would wrap around the hinged attachment points levers of the Freedom Panel that normal keep that Panel secured to the Wrangler when closed. In the front end of the Freedom Panel, as position upside down in the following picture, that netting would tie around the, say, sound bar.
Closer to the rear of the vehicle, beyond the length of the upside down Freedom panel, would be two cords that formed the outside perimeter of where netting had been cut away behind the length of that Freedom Panel. See my sketch of netting in the prior post.
Those two cords get attached to the two pieces of hardware from Topsy Inc linked prior.
Something like this:
Where the netting closer to the garage is connected to the sound bar, and the two cords in the rear are connected to the Topsy product.
Of course one could be made for the passenger's side too.
Cluge....maybe...but no marks and a fraction of the cost.
I think that the original idea of “clips” for a roof rack make a lot of sense to me and can be engineered and sold for maybe a hundred bucks. It’s so clear (after I read the original suggestion) that I’m actually surprised that Mopar hasn’t already done it.
