Patent ID: 7806459

Claim:
A convertible vehicle comprising: a vehicle body having a passenger compartment defined therein and a rearward body region with a top storage well defined therein; seats disposed in the passenger compartment, the seats having a rearward side; a movable roof having a closed position extending over the passenger compartment and a stowed position in the top storage well, the movable roof having a rear roof region with an inner side, an intermediate space being defined between the rearward side of the seats and the inner side of the rear roof region when the roof is in the closed position; the top storage well having a base element that is movable between a raised position and a lowered position, the base element covering the intermediate space when the roof is in the closed position and the base element is in the raised position; and a coupling linkage interconnecting the base element with the rear roof region such that movement of the movable roof from the stowed position to the closed position causes movement of the base element from the lowered position to the raised position.