Patent ID: 6848736

Claim:
A retractable roof for a vehicle, comprising several rigid roof elements able to move between a position in which they cover the passenger compartment of the vehicle and a position in which they are stored inside the rear boot of the vehicle, so as to be superimposed substantially horizontally under the lid of the rear boot, characterised in that the assembly consisting of the roof elements, stored inside the rear boot, is mounted so as to pivot on an axis situated inside the boot, so that it is possible to raise this assembly upwards during or after the opening of the lid of the boot from rear to front, retractable roof comprising a rear element, a front element and an intermediate element, the movement of this assembly towards the boot being controlled by a pivoting arm articulated at a fixed point on the bodywork and at a point situated close to the front of the rear element, the latter being situated under the front element and under the intermediate element, when these are stored in the rear boot, characterised in that the assembly consisting of the roof elements stored inside the boot is mounted so as to pivot about the point of articulation of the said arm situated close to the front of the rear element.