Patent ID: 7819459

Claim:
A convertible vehicle having a roof structure ( 1 ), the roof structure being pivoted via a positive guidance device ( 2 ), fixedly supported on a bodywork ( 3 ) of the vehicle, from a closed position (I) where the roof structure rests against a front windscreen frame ( 4 ) and covers a passenger compartment region to an open position (II) and towards a tail-end region of the vehicle, comprising: a trunk lid ( 5 ) being supported by a guide linkage ( 6 ), the roof structure ( 1 ) being lowerable into a folding-top compartment ( 7 ) located in an upper region of the trunk ( 8 ) of the vehicle under said trunk lid; and a frame ( 9 ) on which said trunk lid ( 5 ) is articulated via said guide linkage ( 6 ), said frame being supported by a connecting element ( 10 ) on the bodywork in a lower vehicle end region, said connecting element enabling turning of said frame, wherein said trunk lid ( 5 ) is pivoted by a first movement by guidance of the guide linkage ( 6 ) from a closed position (III) into a first open position (IV) opening the trunk towards the rear to enable loading and unloading said trunk, wherein a forward end of said trunk lid ( 5 ) together with a forward end of said frame ( 9 ) is turned upwards by a second movement from the closed position (III) to a second open position (V) to expose upwards the folding-top compartment ( 7 ) for enabling said roof structure ( 1 ) to be moved to said open position (II) and into said folding-top compartment ( 7 ), and wherein the only connecting element ( 10 ) between the frame ( 9 ), to which the trunk lid is connected, and the bodywork ( 3 ) is a flexural spring ( 10 ) having a first end region ( 11 ) fixed with respect to the bodywork ( 3 ) and a second end region ( 12 ) fixed to the frame ( 9 ), the frame and the bodywork being free of any stationary pivot joint therebetween.