Patent ID: 7472943

Claim:
Pane arrangement for opening and closing an opening provided in the outer shell of the motor vehicle, comprising: a flexible pane having a closed position in which the opening is tightly closed, and an open position in which the opening is partially cleared, the flexible pane being connectable in a hinge-free manner to the vehicle, and wherein the flexible pane has at least a first partial region for permanent connection to a support surface, and at least a second partial region which is bendable out of the closed position by resilient deformation of the pane for producing said open position, at least one raising device for producing said resilient deformation of the second partial region of the pane, and wherein the raising device comprises a guide rail and a raising element for being guided therein, the guide rail being mountable on one of the vehicle or the second partial region of the pane, and the raising element being connectable to the other of the second partial region of the pane and the vehicle such that displacement of the raising element in the guide rail leads to the second partial region being bent up or arched.