Patent ID: 6857687

Claim:
A hardtop vehicle roof for a vehicle body ( 100 ) with an interior vehicle space comprising front, intermediate and rear rigid roof parts ( 102 , 103 , 104 ), which are movable between a closed position, in which they are disposed in a longitudinal vehicle direction one behind the other so as to cover the interior vehicle space, and a storage position, in which the roof parts ( 102 , 103 , 104 ) are removed from said interior vehicle space, said rigid roof parts being jointly supported on said vehicle body ( 100 ) by way of said intermediate roof part ( 103 ), a roof support and operating mechanism ( 109 ) mounted on said vehicle body ( 100 ) and connected to said intermediate roof part ( 103 ), and a roof part actuating mechanism ( 112 ) including actuating link structures ( 115 , 116 ) disposed between said intermediate roof part ( 103 ) and said front and rear roof parts ( 102 , 104 ) for supporting said front and rear roof parts ( 102 , 104 ) on said intermediate roof part ( 103 ), means ( 148 ) for actuating said roof support and operating mechanism ( 109 ), and operating link means ( 122 , 123 ) interconnecting said actuating link structures ( 115 , 116 ) for actuating said roof support and operating mechanism and said actuating link structures ( 115 , 116 ) for moving said front and rear roof parts in stacked relationship with said intermediate roof part ( 103 ) during opening of said roof such that, in said storage position, said intermediate roof part ( 103 ) is disposed in a roof part packet at the bottom and said front and rear roof parts ( 102 , 104 ) are disposed above said intermediate roof part ( 103 ), said operating link means including a pivot arm ( 117 ) pivotally supported on said intermediate roof part ( 103 ) and operating links ( 122 , 123 ) connected to said pivot arm and extending therefrom in opposite directions to said actuating link structures ( 115 , 116 ) for moving said front and rear roof parts ( 102 , 104 ) relative to said intermediate roof part ( 103 ).