Patent ID: 8066317

Claim:
Cabriolet top for a cabriolet vehicle for displacement between a closed position covering a vehicle interior and a storage position opening up the vehicle interior, comprising a pivotably mounted cabriolet-top linkage on which a rigid cabriolet-top element is arranged, said cabriolet-top element extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle, being adjacent, in the closed position of the cabriolet top, to a transverse post bounding an upper border of a windscreen, and, together with the cabriolet-top linkage, stretches open a foldable cabriolet-top cloth and, in the storage position of the cabriolet top, is arranged on an upper side in a cabriolet-top storage compartment such that the cabriolet-top cloth runs downwardly over a rear border of the cabriolet-top element, wherein a rod is arranged on the cabriolet-top cloth on a rear side of the rigid cabriolet-top element, said rod extending between border regions on both sides of the cabriolet top and, in the storage position of the cabriolet top, pre-stressing the cabriolet-top cloth downwardly in such a manner that, in a region visible from the outside of the vehicle, said cabriolet-top cloth runs at least substantially crease-free downwardly over the rear border of the cabriolet-top element into the cabriolet-top storage compartment.