Patent ID: 8746776

Claim:
A roof construction of a motor vehicle having an upper cowl of a windshield and a convertible-top compartment, the roof construction comprising: a fixed roll bar having lateral, inwardly directed offsets; an opening and closing mechanism; a covering; and a roof element which, in a closed position, is accommodated in front of said fixed roll bar, namely between said fixed roll bar and the upper cowl of the windshield and, in an open position, said roof element is accommodated behind said fixed roll bar in the convertible-top compartment and said roof element can be shifted from the open position into the closed position and vice versa from the closed position into the open position beyond said fixed roll bar via said opening and closing mechanism, and, in the closed position of said roof element, said opening and closing mechanism penetrating said lateral, inwardly directed offsets of said fixed roll bar and, in the open position of said roof element, said roof element opening up said lateral, inwardly directed offsets of said roll bar, wherein said lateral, inwardly directed offsets of said fixed roll bar are each assigned, at least on a front side of said fixed roll bar, said covering which, in the closed position of said roof element, opens up a respective one of said lateral, inwardly directed offsets of said fixed roll bar for a passage of said opening and closing mechanism and which, in the open position of said roof element, covers said respective lateral, inwardly directed offset of said fixed roll bar.