Patent ID: 8657360

Claim:
A collapsible roof for a vehicle comprising: a roof guide extending along a side of a roof opening; a roof cap; a top fabric attached to the roof cap; an adjusting mechanism movably coupling the roof cap to the roof guide such that the roof cap with the top fabric is movable relative to the roof guide between a closed position in which the top fabric covers the roof opening and an opened position in which the top fabric with the roof cap are moved rearward away from the roof opening to thereby expose the roof opening; wherein the adjusting mechanism includes front and rear control arms pivotably coupled to the roof cap, wherein the front control arm includes a locking hook and the rear control arm includes a latching hook, wherein the locking hook of the front control arm engages a front cavity of the roof guide in the closed position to fix the roof cap in place and the latching hook of the rear control arm engages a rear cavity of the roof guide in the opened position to fix the roof cap in place.