Patent ID: 8857903

Claim:
A roof system for a vehicle having a roof opening in a roof part thereof, comprising: at least a closure which is movable between a closed position in which the closure is configured to close the roof opening and an open position in which the closure is configured to open the roof opening and is positioned at least partially above an adjoining roof part; a pair of stationary guide rails laterally spaced apart from each other, and each configured to slidably guide an operating mechanism that operates the closure in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, each operating mechanism comprising: a first device including a first lever configured to move a rear edge of the closure towards a raised position relative to the closed position and above the adjoining roof part; a second device including a second lever configured to move a front edge of the closure in a vertical direction; and a guiding slide which is slidably accommodated in the guide rail and operably coupled to the first device and the second device so as to move the closure both in vertical and in horizontal directions through the first and second devices; a sliding member configured to slide in a longitudinal direction of the guide rail; wherein said first and second levers are spaced and each have, at a first end, a first pivotal connection to the closure, and, remote from the first end, spaced second and third connections at least one of which slidably connecting each respective lever at least to the guiding slide and configured to control movement of said respective lever; and wherein at least one of said first and second levers is pivotally connected to the sliding member at one of said second and third connections, said sliding member being separate from the guiding slide and being laterally supported by the guide rail in directions laterally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the guide rails.