Patent ID: 7506914

Claim:
Convertible vehicle ( 1 ) with a movable roof ( 2 ), which has a flexible roof covering ( 4 ) at least in its rear area, wherein the rear of the roof covering ( 4 ) is held on a tension bow ( 11 ), which can be moved upward from a tensioned position that forms the closed roof ( 2 ), wherein at least one externally acting folding device ( 13 ), which acts on lower marginal regions of the roof covering ( 4 ) that are located in front of the tension bow ( 8 ) with respect to the direction of vehicle travel (F), and generates a tension force with a vertically upwardly directed component for lifting the covering from the tension bow, is assigned to the roof covering ( 4 ) and exerts a force on these marginal regions that forces the regions to fold in during the opening of the roof ( 2 ).