Patent ID: 8282152

Claim:
An assembly for a vehicle, comprising: a collapsible roof having a top rail with a frame element running along a longitudinal side of the roof; and a sealing mechanism having a seal configured to receive and seal a window pane inserted therein, wherein the seal runs along the longitudinal side of the roof and is attached to the frame element; wherein the seal has a similar cross-section between front, middle, and rear sections of the roof, wherein the seal is attached to the frame element in the front, middle, and rear sections of the roof; wherein the seal has an outer tubing section, an inner tubing section, and a transverse base, wherein the tubing sections lie opposite to one another transversely to the longitudinal side of the roof, wherein the tubing sections hang from the transverse base; wherein the outer tubing section includes a first sealing section and the inner tubing section includes a second sealing section; wherein the outer tubing section cooperates through the first sealing section with an outer side of a window pane and the inner tubing section cooperates through the second sealing section with an inner side of the pane when the pane is inserted into the seal; wherein the first sealing section of the outer tubing section is bowed; wherein the second sealing section of the inner tubing section has the shape of a hook with a lower bow and an upper bow, wherein the bows are rounded and end in a point which contacts the inner side of a window pane when the pane is inserted into the seal.