Patent ID: 6974183

Claim:
Motor vehicle roof, comprising: a fixed roof surface having a roof opening formed therein, at least a front cover and a rear cover, the covers being arranged in succession viewed in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle and being roughly at the height of the roof contour in a closed position thereof in which they close the roof opening, and a guide rail located underneath the fixed roof surface laterally outside of each side edge of the roof opening, wherein the front cover is displaceable to the rear into an open position in which at least part of its lengthwise extension extends over the rear cover for clearing a front section of the roof opening, wherein laterally arranged support levers are each guided in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle in a respective said guide rail and support a respective side of the front cover in said open position, wherein the rear cover is lowered below the fixed roof surface is said open position and each support lever extends laterally through a gap formed between the lowered rear cover and the fixed roof surface.