Patent ID: 7594689

Claim:
A top for a convertible vehicle with a flexible roof panel, which is attached to an arrangement of convertible-top rods and, in its rear area, to an attachment device of the vehicle body, in which a clamping device, acting on the flexible roof panel in the region of its attachment to the vehicle body in the closed state of the convertible top, is provided, said clamping device comprising: said clamping device including a side bracket assigned to each side of the vehicle; wherein each side bracket includes a first end in spaced relationship to a second end; wherein the side bracket forces the flexible roof panel in the closed state of the convertible top against an auto-body closure seal, wherein the side bracket is pivotable at the second end around a pivot point that is attached to the vehicle body at the second end of the side bracket such that the second end of the side bracket and the pivot point are at the same height in the open state as in the closed state.