Patent ID: 8371644

Claim:
A vehicle roof with at least one cover element that optionally closes or at least partially opens up a roof opening, is displaceable between a closed position and a lowered displacement position, and has a respective carrier element on two sides thereof with respect to a longitudinal center plane of the vehicle, the carrier element comprising a guide track that, for pivoting of the cover element, interacts with at least one guide element of a driving carriage that is guided in a guide rail that is fixed to the roof, wherein at least one rear control slide is arranged on the carrier element, said control slide securing the cover element during pivoting thereof against moving in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and, during movement of the cover element, being guided in a guide channel of the respective guide rail and securing the cover element against pivoting, wherein, during pivoting of the cover element into the lowered displacement position, the rear control slide enters the relevant guide channel of the relevant guide rail via a ramp, wherein a vehicle front edge of the ramp is at least approximately aligned with a front edge of an upper locking recess of the respective guide rail, and an intermediate space that is larger than or equal to the dimensions of a front control slide in a vertical direction of the vehicle is arranged between the vehicle front edge of the ramp and an upper wall of the respective guide rail.