Patent ID: 7810872

Claim:
A roof structure for a vehicle body including a roof having a roof opening that is closed by a cover member, the roof structure comprising: a frame member configured to frame the roof opening, the frame member supporting the cover member; and a left side panel member and a right side panel member, each side panel member forming a part of the vehicle body and being adhesively secured to the frame member, a peripheral edge portion of each side panel member including at least one channel adapted to allow escape of an adhesive disposed between the side panel member and the frame member for ease of assembly of the roof structure to the vehicle body, wherein the peripheral edge portion of each side panel member includes a first surface and a second surface which is offset and spaced inwardly from the first surface, the second surface including at least one pair of spaced apart control surfaces, each control surface intersecting the first surface, the at least one pair of control surfaces and the first surface together defining the at least one channel.