Patent ID: 7441824

Claim:
A folding top for a vehicle having at least one roof part that can be displaced between a closed position and a stowed position that is within the vehicle, and can be brought out of the stowed position into a loading position which is raised with respect to the stowed position, the folding top having a folding-top kinematic mechanism which has, on each side of the at least one roof part, a main bearing element and an intermediate bearing element mounted rotatably on the main bearing element at a first pivot point, and the at least one roof part being coupled both to the main bearing element and to the intermediate bearing element via links on both sides of the folding-top kinematic mechanism, and being displaceable by means of at least one driving device, wherein: the driving device has at least one linear driving element which acts at least indirectly on the intermediate bearing element at a second pivot point which is remote from the first pivot point; a first device is provided for limiting rotational movement of the intermediate bearing element during movement of the at least one roof part from the stowed position into the closed position; the roof part has mass which acts on the second pivot point via the links, such that during the movement of the roof part from the stowed position into the closed position, a movement of the links is possible only after the rotational movement of the intermediate bearing element has ended; and a second device is provided for preventing movement of the intermediate bearing element during the movement of the roof part from the closed position into the loading position.