Patent ID: 6918629
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. An open roof assembly for a vehicle, having a roof opening defined in the roof of the vehicle includes a foldable closure mechanism for closing and opening said roof opening, the closure mechanism comprises an outer cloth and an inner cloth mutually spaced in the closed position of the closure mechanism, wherein the closure mechanism at its opposite longitudinal edges extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is provided with a number of spaced slides which, in a driven manner, are movable along guides extending along corresponding longitudinal edges of the roof opening, and wherein the slides carry elongate folding arms that, with their ends remote from the slides, support the outer cloth and inner cloth and are biased towards a position for zig-zag like folding the closure mechanism during opening the roof opening, wherein each end of the folding arms remote from the slides is provided with an extension arm extending at a fixed angle of inclination in a direction substantially away from the corresponding slide and towards the inner cloth, wherein each end of the extension arms remote from the folding arms is connected to and substantially engages the inner cloth.