Patent ID: 7588284

Claim:
Convertible vehicle ( 1 ) with an automobile body and a movable roof ( 2 ), which has a flexible roof covering ( 4 ) at least in the rear area thereof, wherein the rear of the roof covering ( 4 ) is held on a tension bow ( 11 ), which can be moved upward from a tensioned position that forms the closed roof ( 2 ), wherein at least one flexible tensioning device ( 13 ) is assigned to the roof covering ( 4 ) and exerts a tensioning force on marginal regions of the roof covering ( 4 ) when the roof ( 2 ) is closed, wherein the at least one flexible tensioning device ( 13 ) comprising a traction cable is assigned to a sealing line ( 12 ) of the roof covering ( 4 ) in a lower marginal region of the roof and in a marginal region of the roof that is located in front of the tension bow ( 8 ) with respect to the direction of vehicle travel (F), and in the tensioning position with the roof ( 2 ) closed, wherein the sealing line ( 12 ) is comprised of a rubber elastic hollow section, and the at least one flexible tensioning device on the sealing line with a force that presses downward, wherein, in closed position of the roof, a section of the traction cable extends horizontally so that the sealing line is pressed into a position where the sealing line is tightly stretched on the automobile body.