Patent ID: 7604286

Claim:
A roof structure of a vehicular body, comprising: right and left side roof rails disposed on opposing sides of the vehicular body; a plurality of roof reinforcements installed in a spaced-apart relationship between the side roof rails and extending along a lateral direction across the vehicular body, said spaced-apart relationship defining through apertures extending continuously from the right side roof rail to the left side roof rail between adjacent roof reinforcements; and a roof panel attached to the roof reinforcements, wherein at least one roof reinforcement of the plurality of roof reinforcements is a first roof reinforcement having a maximum width portion wider than the respective through apertures between the first roof reinforcement and two adjacent roof reinforcements of the plurality of roof reinforcements on opposing sides of the first roof reinforcement, wherein at least one of the respective though apertures between the first roof reinforcement and the two adjacent roof reinforcements has an hour-glass shape.