Patent ID: 9347219
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: E04B,E04D,E04H

Claim Text:
1. A convertible roof element, comprising: a peripheral structure with an opening to be covered by a membrane, an edge rope and at least one guide rope, the at least one guide rope forming a rope band, wherein the edge rope and the rope band are tensioned against each other; wherein the convertible roof element has a parking position and at least one shading position, wherein in the parking position the edge rope runs along the peripheral structure and in the at least one shading position at least a portion of the edge rope runs across the opening of the peripheral structure; wherein the edge rope is fixed at its ends via a first tensioning device to two fixing regions of the peripheral structure, the fixing regions being arranged at a certain distance from each other; wherein the at least one guide rope is secured to the edge rope at one end and at the other end to the peripheral structure by means of a further tensioning device; wherein the tensile force of the first tensioning device and/or of the further tensioning device is variable so that the edge rope is moveable from the parking position into the at least one shading position; and wherein in the at least one shading position, the membrane is at least partially folded up, fixed at at least one connection point to the edge rope, and covers part of the opening of the peripheral structure.