Patent ID: 7374234

Claim:
A drainage device for draining water from at least one gutter of a retractable roof of a vehicle movable between a stowed position and a position in which it covers a passenger compartment of the vehicle, said drainage device comprising a drain presented by one of a moving roof element for collecting water from a roof and/or a moveable gutter, a drainage conduit attached to the body of the vehicle, and a moveable intermediate conduits ( 9 ), said device comprising means for linking the moveable intermediate conduit ( 9 ), to the movement of the retractable roof, said moveable intermediate conduit having an upstream part ( 9 A) for attaching said moveable intermediate conduit to a moveable drain ( 8 ) and a downstream part ( 9 B) to the drainage conduit ( 10 ) by a nesting joint ( 11 ), so that when the retractable roof moves into the stowed position, said downstream part ( 9 B) is denested from the nesting joint ( 11 ) so as to break continuity, and vice versa when the retractable roof covers the passenger compartment.