Patent ID: 8459719
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: B60J,B60R

Abstract:
1. A roof construction of a motor vehicle having an upper cowl of a windshield and a convertible-top compartment, the roof construction comprising: a fixed roll bar; an opening and closing mechanism; a roof element which, in a closed position, is accommodated in front of said fixed roll bar, namely between said fixed roll bar and the upper cowl of the windshield, and, in an open position, is accommodated behind said fixed roll bar in the convertible-top compartment and which can be shifted from the open position into the closed position and vice versa from the closed position into the open position beyond said fixed roll bar via said opening and closing mechanism; and a covering having a transverse part and side parts for covering said fixed roll bar on an outside in the open position of said roof element and in the closed position of said roof element, said side parts of said covering extending substantially in a vertical direction, can be shifted at least partially, or at least in sections, relative to said fixed roll bar during a shifting of said roof element from the open position into the closed position and vice versa from the closed position into the open position, said transverse part of said covering extending generally in a horizontal direction, being fastened to said fixed roll bar so as not to be able to be shifted relative thereto, wherein said side parts of said covering include curved transition sections and can be shifted completely to said transverse part of said covering, and relative to said fixed roll bar during the shifting of said roof element from the open position into the closed position and vice versa from the closed position into the open position, and wherein only said curved transition sections of said side parts of said covering can be shifted to said transverse part and relative to said fixed roll bar during the shifting of said roof element from the open position into the closed position and vice versa from the closed position into the open position.