Patent ID: 6905161

Claim:
A sliding-bow folding top for vehicles comprising: a loading platform of a vehicle, a first end bow, a second end bow, a plurality of U-shaped sliding bows spanning a width of the loading platform of said vehicle, the sliding bows comprising bow parts defining an upper boundary, said sliding bows and at least one of said first end bow and said second end bow being displaceable in a longitudinal direction of said loading platform for opening and closing of the folding top, a tarpaulin carried on said bow parts, the tarpaulin, when the folding top is closed, covering the loading platform of said vehicle, and at least one U-shaped auxiliary bow arranged on one sliding bow of said plurality of sliding bows, the auxiliary bow being pivotable through a limited angular range about an axis of articulation parallel to a plane of said sliding bow, said auxiliary bow having a limb length being greater than a distance between the axis of articulation and said bow part of the one sliding bow, wherein the axis of articulation is at a region of the middle of the one sliding bow.