Patent ID: 7393044

Claim:
A vehicle door opening and closing structure for opening and closing a door main body attached to an opening of a vehicle body, comprising: a slide rail fixed to the door main body; a slider attached to the slide rail to be movable along the slide rail; a control arm including a proximal portion rotatably connected to the slider and a pair of arm portions continuous to the proximal portion; a driven arm having one end rotatably connected to the vehicle body and having the other end rotatably connected to the slider; and a guide member including a linear portion and a curved portion continuous to the linear portion, the guide member fixed to the door main body side where the slider is movably disposed and movably engaged with one of the arm portions of the control arm, wherein the other arm portion of the control arm is rotatably connected to the vehicle body side; and the control arm is rotated because of one of the arm portions being guided by the curved portion by moving the slider along the slide rail under the fully closed condition of the door and the door main body is pulled outside of the vehicle body by the other arm portion of the control arm, and then the slider is moved along the slide rail, thereby slidably opening and closing the door main body.