Patent ID: 7883138

Claim:
A convertible ( 1 ) comprising an automobile body and a movable roof ( 2 ) having at least a rear roof part ( 3 ) and an upper roof part ( 7 ), wherein the rear roof part ( 3 ) extends between a belt line (L) and the upper roof part ( 7 ), which is located above a passenger compartment and in front of the rear root part ( 3 ), the rear roof part ( 3 ) having a middle section ( 5 ) that encloses a rear window ( 6 ) and being located between lateral main posts ( 4 ) when the roof is closed, wherein the main posts ( 4 ) and the middle section ( 5 ) are each rotationally connected both with the automobile body ( 20 ) and with the upper roof part ( 7 ) by joints ( 9 , 10 ; 11 , 12 ), which form a multijoint linkage whose axes of rotation lie in a common plane (E) in at least one movement position of the roof ( 2 ), such that au least one additional support ( 25 ) of the upper roof part ( 7 ) located in front of the rear roof part ( 3 ) is provided for supporting the roof upper part ( 7 ) with respect to the automobile body ( 20 ) wherein the additional support is active in that at least one movement position of the roof ( 2 ).