Patent ID: 7152905

Claim:
A mobile folding rigid roof for an automobile vehicle, the roof being free to move between an extended position in which the roof covers a vehicle passenger compartment and a folded position in which the roof is stored in a boot of the vehicle, the roof comprising a roof front part and a rear part articulated to the roof front part and to a structural frame of the vehicle, the rear part comprising a rear central element whereby said rear part is articulated to the roof front part and to the structural frame, and two rear side elements that together define a housing adapted to contain the rear central element and that are installed free to move with respect to the rear central element between a use position in which the rear central element is in the housing, the roof being in said extended position, and a stored position in which the rear central element is located above the housing and below the roof front part, the roof being in said folded position, the roof comprising front drive and guidance means for displacing the rear side elements with respect to the rear central element when the roof front part is displaced with respect to the rear central element, wherein the front drive and guidance means are formed by two side connecting rods, each said connecting rod being installed free to rotate, firstly with respect to the roof front part and secondly relative to a displacement means that is designed to displace a corresponding rear side element relative to the rear central element.