Patent ID: 7770958

Claim:
Soft top for a motor vehicle, comprising longitudinal struts ( 7 to 11 ) that span a roof opening ( 2 ) and a flexible roof skin ( 6 ) that spans, when mounted, the width of the vehicle and is fastened to a windshield frame ( 3 ) in the front and a bar ( 4 ) spanning the width of the vehicle in the rear, with the roof skin ( 6 ) and the longitudinal struts ( 7 to 11 ) being connected into a preassembled unit that can be folded or rolled in transversal direction of the vehicle for removing the top, characterized in that each respective longitudinal strut ( 7 , 8 ) that delimits the roof skin ( 6 ) in the transversal direction of the vehicle is embodied as a lateral rail which can be connected to at least one lateral vehicle element ( 4 A, 4 B, 16 , 18 ), with the pre-assembled unit being placeable across the roof opening ( 2 ) by fastening a first lateral rail ( 7 ) to its associated lateral vehicle elements ( 4 A, 16 ) above a lateral window and by placing the second lateral rail ( 8 ) in transversal direction of the vehicle over the roof opening ( 2 ) up to a connecting point with the assigned lateral vehicle elements ( 4 B, 18 ) above a lateral window ( 15 ) and attaching it to the same, and that one or more longitudinal struts are formed as longitudinal convertible top bows ( 9 , 10 , 11 ) that stabilize the roof skin ( 6 ), and are arranged for engagement with aligned receptacles ( 12 , 13 ) which are formed in a groove-like fashion in the frame of the windshield ( 3 ) and at the rear bar ( 4 ) and at least one receptacle ( 13 ) for at least one longitudinal convertible top bow ( 10 ) is formed with a locking means ( 24 ) that holds the longitudinal convertible top bow ( 10 ) in assembled condition, wherein the locking means ( 24 ) is formed by an at least approximately L-shaped cross-section of the receptacle ( 13 ) and a hook element ( 25 ) designed to engage with the associated longitudinal convertible top bow.