Patent ID: 7712825

Claim:
Folding top for a motor vehicle ( 1 ), having at least a first and at least a second essentially flat structural element ( 6 , 7 ) covered by a flexible roof panel ( 8 ), with the structural elements ( 6 , 7 ) being designed to be mounted and detached over a roof opening ( 2 ) transversally to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and once mounted, are fixed at the front at a windshield frame ( 3 ) and at the rear at a bow ( 4 ) that spans the width of the vehicle, characterized in that, the structural elements ( 6 , 7 ) are interconnected by guide means ( 14 , 15 ) and can be displaced relative to one another transversally to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by means of said guide means ( 14 , 15 ); wherein, the guide means ( 14 ) are formed by guide rails ( 19 ) and rolling members that can move therein transversally to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle at lateral borders of at least one fin ( 17 ) and recess ( 16 ).