Patent ID: 9623736
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60J

Claim:
1. An openable vehicle roof structure provided with an openable roof including an expandable and retractable awning frame, and an awning cloth for covering an outside of the awning frame, and capable of openably covering a vehicle body upper portion by the openable roof, wherein the awning frame includes an awning bow which supports the awning cloth when the awning frame is expanded, the awning bow includes a pair of left and right leg portions extending in up and down directions, and an upper side portion which connects between upper ends of the leg portions in a vehicle width direction, and which comes into contact with a lower surface of the awning cloth, each of the leg portions of the awning bow is formed with an upper bent part and a lower bent part located at a position lower than the upper bent part, the upper bent part is formed to be convex rearward when viewed from a side of a vehicle, and the lower bent part is formed to be convex forward when viewed from the side of the vehicle, so that moments generated in the awning bow due to a tensile force exerted from the awning cloth when the openable roof is in an expanded state act in such directions as to cancel out each other, and the upper bent part is continuously curved between the upper side portion and the lower bent part when viewed from the side of the vehicle.