Patent ID: 8398162

Claim:
A roof apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a driving shoe provided along a guide rail which is provided at an edge portion of an opening portion formed on a roof of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction, the driving shoe being movable in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a support member fixed at an edge portion in the vehicle width direction of a movable panel opening and closing the opening portion of the roof; a pair of first wall portions provided at one of the driving shoe and the support member, each of the first wall portions being formed with a guide groove and the first wall portions being arranged in parallel to each other in the vehicle width direction; a second wall portion provided at the other of the driving shoe and the support member, and being arranged between the first wall portions, the second wall portion including a movable member; the movable panel being tilted-up from a closed state by pushing one of the guide grooves provided at the driving shoe and the movable member by the other one of the guide grooves and the movable member to move the support member upwardly relative to the driving shoe in response to a movement of the driving shoe in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; and a pair of restriction portions provided at the first wall portions and contacting end surfaces of the movable member in the vehicle width direction during the tilted-up state of the movable panel with pressure; wherein a length between the end surfaces of the movable member is defined to be longer than a distance between the restriction portions in a state where the movable member is not arranged and fitted thereto; and the restriction portions are configured to be elastically deformed so that a clearance between the restriction portions is expanded by a difference between the length between the end surfaces of the movable member and the distance between the restriction portions in the state where the movable member is not arranged and fitted thereto.