Patent ID: 7537266

Claim:
A roof assembly for a vehicle, the roof assembly comprising: a roof having a plurality of roof parts adjustable between a closed position in which the roof parts cover an interior of a vehicle and a storage position in which the roof parts stack on top of one another and the roof part stack is lowered and stowed in a trunk of the vehicle; a rear cover frame adjustably attached to the body of the vehicle to move between a maximum raised position and a lowered storage position; a kinematic system connected between a rear cover and the rear cover frame, the kinematic system movable between an extended position in which the rear cover is in an opened position raised above the trunk and the rear cover frame is in a raised position, and a retracted position in which the rear cover is in a closed position covering the trunk and the rear cover frame is in the lowered storage position; and a stop device associated with the rear cover frame, the stop device limits the raising motion of the rear cover frame in an intermediate raised position between the lowered storage position and the maximum raised position, wherein the stop device includes a locking stop movable between an operating position corresponding to limitation of the raising motion of the rear cover frame and a non-operating position.