Patent ID: 7938446

Claim:
A vehicle body configuration for a convertible vehicle, the vehicle body configuration comprising: a vehicle body; reinforcing elements; a rollover protection device disposed running transversely and secured supported on said vehicle body, said rollover protection device connected on both sides to said reinforcement elements, said reinforcement elements are composed, at a rear side of said rollover protection device when viewed in a direction of travel, of at least two diagonal struts extending toward one another, said reinforcement elements are composed, at a front side of said rollover protection device when viewed in the direction of travel, of at least two lateral stays disposed diverging from one another, said diagonal struts and said lateral stays are connected supported on said vehicle body; and a B pillar, said lateral stays are disposed running from said rollover protection device as far as said B pillar, said lateral stays having free ends secured both to said rollover protection device and to said B pillar.