Patent ID: 8403396

Claim:
A roller carriage ( 1 ) for a sliding bow roof for a truck or truck trailer, the roof including guidance and runner rails ( 2 ) extending on a cargo surface of the truck along longitudinal sides of the cargo surface, the roller carriage ( 1 ) comprising rollers ( 3 ) and mounted on the guidance and runner rails ( 2 ) and thereby displaceably guided, the roller carriage ( 1 ) being equipped with a securing device ( 4 ) for preventing inadvertent shifting of the roller carriage ( 1 ) along the guidance and runner rails ( 2 ); the securing device ( 4 ) including a wedge element ( 5 ) associated with one of the rollers ( 3 ), the wedge element shiftable between a release position and a secured position; in its release position the wedge element has no contact with the roller ( 3 ), whereas in its secured position a portion of the wedge element ( 5 ) is arranged between the roller ( 3 ) and the corresponding guidance and runner rail ( 2 ).