Patent ID: 7334832

Claim:
A retractable roof in at least two elements ( 1 , 2 ), for vehicles comprising a chassis, a cabin ( 7 ) for passengers and a rear boot ( 6 ), the roof comprising a front roof element ( 2 ) and a rear roof element ( 1 ), these two elements ( 1 , 2 ) being able to move between a first position in which they cover the cabin ( 7 ) and a second position in which they are superimposed substantially horizontally in the rear boot ( 6 ), the movement of the rear element ( 1 ) towards the rear boot ( 6 ) being controlled by at least one arm ( 5 ) articulated at a first of its ends on the chassis, and the front element ( 2 ) being connected to the rear element ( 1 ) by means of two levers ( 13 , 14 ) each articulated at a first ( 15 , 16 ) of its ends on the front element ( 2 ), these two levers ( 13 , 14 ) forming a deformable quadrilateral, characterised by the fact that it comprises a connecting rod ( 10 ) and a support element ( 18 ), the arm ( 5 ) being articulated at its second end on the connecting rod ( 10 ), on which there are also articulated the second ends of the said levers ( 13 , 14 ), the connecting rod ( 10 ) being articulated on the said support element ( 18 ) carrying a cam track ( 19 ) able to cooperate with a cam follower ( 20 ) fixed to the arm ( 5 ).