Patent ID: 8562071

Claim:
A roof apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a shoe member mounted to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle along a guide rail provided at an edge portion of an opening portion in a width direction of the vehicle, the opening portion being formed at a roof portion of a vehicle body of the vehicle; and a support member supporting a movable panel opening and closing the opening portion, the support member including an end portion rotatably connected to the shoe member within a predetermined rotation range, wherein one of the end portion of the support member and the shoe member integrally includes first and second vertical wall portions arranged side by side in the width direction of the vehicle and a support portion arranged between the first and second vertical wall portions to be connected to the first and second vertical wall portions in the width direction of the vehicle, the support portion including a center line extending in the width direction of the vehicle, the support portion including a large diameter portion from which a distance to the center line is constant and a small diameter portion from which a distance to the center line is shorter than the distance from the large diameter portion to the center line, and wherein the other of the end portion of the support member and the shoe member includes a bearing portion pivotally supporting the large diameter portion and including an opening through which an insertion and removal of the small diameter portion is allowed in a state where the support member is positioned out of the predetermined rotation range and through which the insertion and removal of the small diameter portion is prohibited in a state where the support member is positioned within the predetermined rotation range.