Patent ID: 6913307

Claim:
A hardtop vehicle roof ( 1 ) including two rigid roof parts ( 2 , 3 ) which are supported on a vehicle body (B) by an operating mechanism so as to be movable between a closed position, in which they cover an interior space of the vehicle body (B) and a storage position in which the roof parts ( 2 , 3 ) are deposited in a storage compartment ( 8 ), said operating mechanism comprising at each side of the vehicle a single main pivot arm ( 5 ) which is pivotally supported on said vehicle body (B) by a pivot joint ( 6 ), and a common carrier ( 4 ) supported on said main pivot arm ( 5 ) by a relative operating mechanism ( 9 ) permitting limited movement of said carrier member ( 4 ) relative to said main pivot arm ( 5 ), said rigid roof parts being supported on said common carrier ( 4 ), and said main pivot arm ( 5 ) being pivotable during the transfer of the vehicle roof ( 1 ) between the closed and the open positions thereof about a vehicle body-based pivot joint ( 6 ), and said roof parts ( 2 , 3 ) having outer roof surfaces facing upwardly when said vehicle roof ( 1 ) is closed but facing downwardly when said vehicle roof is deposited in said storage compartment ( 8 ).