Patent ID: 7303225

Claim:
A Targa roof system for a vehicle including: a roof part arranged and constructed to be latched to a cross member, which includes or is attached to an upper side of a windshield, a first guide rail disposeable on a first lateral side of the vehicle and a second guide rail disposeable on a second lateral side of the vehicle, each guide rail being arranged and constructed to extend substantially from a roof of the vehicle to a floor of the vehicle, and having a centerline a first forward guide element and a first rear guide element attached on a first lateral side of a rear area of the roof part, and a second forward guide element and a second rear guide element attached on a second lateral side of the rear area of the roof part, the forward guide elements being spaced from the rear guide elements in a longitudinal direction of the roof part, wherein the roof part is pivotable via the guide elements with respect to the roof about the rear area of the roof part from a closed position into an upwardly titled position and then is downwardly lowerable into a stowed position by guiding the first forward guide element and the first rear guide element in the first guide rail so as to move along the first rail centerline and by guiding the second forward guide element and the second rear guide element in the second guide rail so as to move along the second rail centerline without pivoting the roof part relative to the guide rails for at least a portion of downward movement.