Patent ID: 6893083

Claim:
Motor vehicle roof, comprising: a roof skin, a roof opening in the roof skin, a cover for opening and closing said roof opening, said cover being mounted for displacement between a closed position closing the roof opening, a ventilation position in which the cover is pivoted upward around a pivot axis near a front edge of the cover so as to have a rear edge of the cover located above the height of the roof skin, and an open position in which at least a portion of the upwardly pivoted cover is pushed to rearward over the roof skin, and a support lever for supporting a rear area of the cover in the ventilation and open positions which includes a first pivotable end, a second end, and a hinge joint between the first end and second of the support lever, wherein said support lever is coupled at the first pivotable end to a rear area of the cover and the second end is guided within a channel of a guide rail located underneath the roof skin, wherein, during displacement of the cover from the closed to the ventilating and open positions, the hinge joint is raised into the channel of the guide rail, and the first end of the support lever is elevated above the roof skin, and wherein the support lever and the guide rail are located essentially in a transversely central portion of the motor vehicle roof.