Patent ID: 6976725

Claim:
A retractable roof for a vehicle, comprising: a rigid front roof element ( 2 ) and a rigid rear roof element ( 3 ) having a rear window ( 4 ), said roof elements having roof elements moving means for moving the roof elements between a first position in which the roof elements ( 2 , 3 ) extend above the passenger compartment ( 5 ) of the vehicle, and a second position in which the elements ( 2 , 3 ) are folded one on top of the other in a rear luggage compartment ( 6 ) of the vehicle; the roof element moving means characterised in that the front roof element ( 2 ) is articulated with the rear element ( 3 ) along a first axis ( 7 ) defined between the adjacent edges of the elements ( 2 , 3 ), the rear element ( 3 ) being articulated with respect to the vehicle body along a second axis ( 8 ), the movement of the roof elements ( 2 , 3 ) between the first and second positions is controlled by a pivoting control arm ( 10 ), a front end of which is articulated with respect to the front roof element ( 2 ) along a third axis ( 11 ) situated forwardly of the first axis ( 7 ), a rear end of said control arm ( 10 ) being articulated with respect to the vehicle body along a fourth axis ( 12 ) situated forwardly of the second axis ( 8 ), the four axes ( 7 , 8 , 11 , 12 ) defining a deformable quadrilateral, rotation of control arm ( 10 ), resulting in the deformation of the quadrilateral formed by axes ( 7 , 8 , 11 and 12 ) such that the front and rear roof elements will be articulated by being transported and rotated between the first and the second positions with the direction depending upon the direction of rotation of the control arm.