Claims
- 1. An electric vehicle roof comprising:a roof body comprising front and rear edges and first and second lateral side edges; a hand-hold recess formed into the first lateral side edge; and a hand-hold element located within the hand-hold recess at a position to provide a minimum horizontal setback between the entire hand-hold element and the lateral side edge.
- 2. The roof according to claim 1 wherein the minimum setback is 2.5 cm.
- 3. The roof according to claim 1 wherein the roof body has an upper surface overlying the hand-hold elements.
- 4. An electric vehicle roof comprising:a roof body comprising an upper surface, front and rear edges and first and second lateral side edges; hand-hold recesses formed into the first and second lateral side edges; a hand-hold element located within each of the first and second hand-hold recesses at positions to provide a horizontal setback of at least about 2.5 cm between the hand-hold elements and the lateral side edges; and the upper surface overlying the hand-hold elements.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/188,688 filed Jul. 2, 2002, which is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/785,665 filed Feb. 16, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,586,668, which is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/494,068 filed Jan. 28, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,313,394, which claims the benefit of Provisional Patent Application No. 60/118,943, filed Feb. 5, 1999.
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