Patent ID: 7533929

Claim:
A closure assembly for open roof construction for a vehicle having a roof opening provided in a stationary roof part, the closure assembly comprising: a closure element which is movable between positions for closing and opening the roof opening and which can assume a tilted position for at least partially opening the roof opening, in which tilted position a rearward edge of the closure element is lifted, telescoping cover members disposed in the region of the opposite longitudinal edges of the closure element of size for covering a gap created when the closure element is not in its closure position, two longitudinally spaced biasing devices operatively connected to at least one of the cover members so as to urge said at least one cover member upwardly toward the closure elementrelative to the stationary roof part and a plurality of abutment devices, comprising an intermediate abutment device disposed at a location intermediate the longitudinal forward and rearward ends of said at least one cover member, and a forward abutment device disposed in the region of the forward end of the at least one cover member, each of the abutment devices are configured to limit the upward movement of said at least one cover member and wherein the intermediate abutment device defines a pivot for said at least one cover member.