Patent ID: 7500710

Claim:
A hardtop vehicle roof comprising: at least two roof parts movable between a closed position in which the roof parts are arranged flush behind one another in a longitudinal direction to thereby cover a vehicle interior and a storage position in which the roof parts are arranged in a stack to thereby expose the vehicle interior, wherein each roof part has an exterior surf ace facing away from the vehicle interior in the closed position, wherein each roof part has first and second longitudinally extending sides transversely separated from one another; and a first pair of roof part kinematic mechanisms transversely separated from one another, one of the roof part kinematic mechanisms articulately connecting the first sides of two of the roof parts together and the other of the roof part kinematic mechanisms articulately connecting the second sides of the two roof parts together to move the two roof parts between the closed and storage positions, wherein in the closed position the two roof parts are arranged flush behind one another in the longitudinal direction with a first one of the two roof parts arranged in front of a second one of the two roof parts, wherein the roof part kinematic mechanisms are respectively arranged on the exterior surface of the second roof part on the sides of the second roof part, wherein in the closed position the roof part mechanisms respectively form at least apart of a pair of roof rail systems running longitudinally along the exterior surfaces of the roof parts.