Patent ID: 7000973

Claim:
A retractable roof for a vehicle, comprising several rigid roof elements ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) able to be moved between a position in which they cover the vehicle cabin ( 5 ) and a position in which they are stored inside the rear boot ( 4 ) of the vehicle, superimposed substantially horizontally under the lid ( 4 a ) of the rear boot ( 4 ), all the roof elements ( 1 , 2 , 3 ), stored inside the rear boot ( 4 ), being mounted so as to pivot on an axis ( 8 ) situated inside the boot ( 4 ), so that it is possible to raise this assembly upwards when the lid ( 4 a ) of the boot ( 4 ) is opened or after opening thereof from rear to front; the said rigid roof elements comprise at least one rear element ( 3 ) whose movement towards the boot ( 4 ) is guided by a runner ( 9 ) extending inside the boot ( 4 ) in which there is engaged a finger ( 10 ) fixed to the rear of the rear element ( 3 ); the retractable roof being characterised in that the said runner ( 9 ) comprises a raising portion ( 14 ) as from its end forming an end of travel for the said finger ( 10 ) when the roof elements ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) are stored inside the vehicle boot ( 4 ), and in that an actuation device ( 12 , 15 ) fixed to the vehicle chassis is arranged so as to move the said finger ( 10 ) between its end of travel position and a position in which it is disposed in the said raising portion ( 14 ) of the runner ( 9 ).