Patent ID: 7497496

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a trunk having a luggage compartment; a hinge; a trunk lid movably connected by the hinge to the vehicle body to move between a closed lid position in which the trunk lid covers the trunk and an opened lid position in which the trunk lid exposes the trunk to provide access therein; a roof having a plurality of roof parts including a front roof part and a rear roof part; wherein when the trunk lid is in the opened lid position the roof is movable from an opened roof position in which the roof parts are folded together and stored within the trunk over the luggage compartment to a loading roof position in which the roof parts are folded together and raised over the trunk to provide access to the luggage compartment; and a blocking device including first and second support members for preventing the trunk lid from unintentionally closing against the roof parts when the trunk lid is in the opened lid position while the roof is in the loading roof position, wherein the first support member is attached to the hinge and the second support member is attached to the rear roof part, wherein when the trunk lid is in the opened lid position and the roof is in the loading roof position the first and second support members are brought into contact with one another to counteract motion of the trunk lid from the opened lid position towards the closed lid position.