Patent ID: 7828362

Claim:
A roof retractable type vehicle comprising: a roof storage area defined at the rear of a seat; a roof storage mechanism for storing a roof in the roof storage area; and a tonneau cover for opening and closing an upper part of the roof storage area, wherein the tonneau cover includes a central member positioned in the center in a vehicle width direction and side members adjacent to both sides of the central member, said central member includes a front end and a rear end; the central member is swingably connected to the vehicle body side via links at two positions separated in a vehicle front and rear direction; front and rear links on each side and the central member form a four link mechanism in which a vehicle body side is a fixed link; and a pivot axis on the vehicle body side of the front link is disposed at a position higher than a pivot axis on the vehicle body side of the rear link; each of the side members is connected turnably or slidably to the central member, and is connected to the front link or the vehicle body side via a connecting member; and the tonneau cover is configured to be retracted to the front from a closed position so as to open the upper part of the roof storage area in an inclined posture by an operation in which the front end of the central member moves frontward and upward from the closed position and the rear end of the central member moves frontward and thereby the side member is retracted towards a vehicle center side in the vehicle width direction.