Patent ID: 7490894

Claim:
A sliding roof system for a vehicle, comprising: a guide rail; a cover support; a cover attached to the cover support; a front bearing block articulated to the cover support, wherein the cover support is coupled to the front bearing block through at least one slide guide, and wherein the at least one slide guide comprises at least a front guide slot and a rear guide slot formed in one of the cover support and front bearing block and includes a front guide bolt received in the front guide slot and a rear guide bolt received in the rear guide slot, and wherein the front and rear guide bolts are associated with the other of the cover and front bearing block; and a carriage movably received in the guide rail and engaging the cover support, wherein the cover support is articulated on the front bearing block such that the cover support can be swiveled around a virtual swiveling point that lies above the cover, the virtual swiveling point being defined by the front bearing block.