Patent ID: 8807639

Claim:
A roof apparatus comprising: a movable panel moving upward and downward relative to an opening portion formed on a roof portion of a vehicle for opening and closing the opening portion; a weather strip retained at a retaining member provided at the roof portion; a cooperating member moving upward and downward in a vehicle height direction in response to an upward and downward operation of the movable panel to protrude and retract through a clearance between a peripheral rim end of the movable panel and the retaining member; the weather strip including a portion to be retained being retained by the retaining member, a first seal portion which is connected to an upper end of the portion to be retained and liquid-tightly contacts the peripheral rim end of the movable panel in a state where the movable panel is in a fully closed state, and a second seal portion which is connected to an upper end of the portion to be retained and liquid-tightly contacts an opening end of the opening portion in the state where the movable panel is in the fully closed state; wherein the first seal portion is connected to a lower end portion of the portion to be retained, a thickness of the first seal portion gradually reduces from a first end portion positioned at an upper end side of the portion to be retained towards a first turned back portion provided facing the peripheral rim end of the movable panel, the thickness of the first seal portion gradually increases from the first turned back portion towards a second end portion provided at a lower end portion of the portion to be retained, a thickness of the second end portion is set to be smaller than a thickness of the first end portion, and a distance in a vehicle height direction from a lower end of the first seal portion to the first turned back portion is set to be greater than a distance in the vehicle height direction from an upper end of the first seal portion to the first turned back portion.