Patent ID: 6616213
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A cover device for a folding top compartment of a vehicle with a lowerable roof for a hardtop vehicle adapted to pivot the roof structure into the folding top compartment arranged behind a rear region in a back part of the vehicle bodywork, comprising:a folding top compartment lid by which the folding top compartment can be closed and which can be folded up towards the rear of the vehicle, and a cover unit, having a front cover part, a rear cover part, and two lateral cover parts, which can close a free space remaining between the front edge region of the closed folding top compartment lid and a rear edge region of the rear region, wherein the front cover part is pivotably mounted on the vehicle bodywork and, in the closed position of the cover unit, adjoins a rear edge region of the rear region and a front rear region of the rear cover part, wherein the rear cover part is pivotably mounted on the front cover part and, in the closed position of the cover unit when the roof structure is lowered into the folding top compartment, adjoins a rear edge region of the front cover part and the front edge region of the folding top compartment lid, and wherein each of the lateral cover parts is pivotably mounted on the folding top compartment lid and, in the closed position of the cover unit when the roof structure is lowered into the folding top compartment, adjoins lateral edge regions of the front cover part and rear cover part, the rear edge region of the rear region and the front edge region of the folding top compartment lid.