Patent ID: 6682134
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A guide device for guiding a raising of a cover and for moving the raised cover of a vehicle roof formed of a roof surface having a roof opening closeable by the cover, comprising:at least two guide profiles which are moveable relative to one another to move the cover over the roof surface which adjoins behind the roof opening, the guide profiles permitting the cover to be shifted toward a rear of the roof surface; wherein at least one of the guide profiles of the guide device includes a curvature on only a section thereof, said curvature being pointed toward the roof surface to lower the cover toward the roof surface during the shifting of the cover toward the rear of the roof surface, and wherein the at least two guide profiles include a front guide profile, a middle guide profile and a rear guide profile, the section of the at least one profile which includes the curvature being one or more of the back end of the front guide profile, the back end of the middle guide profile and the front end of the rear guide profile.