Patent ID: 8360472

Claim:
A vehicle supporting structure for a motor vehicle with opposite left and right body pillars, the vehicle supporting structure comprising: left and right side parts adjacent to the respective left and right body pillars and extending obliquely from the respective body pillar toward a vehicle rear; left and right convertible top bearings connecting the respective left and right side parts to the left and right body pillars respectively; left and right receiving parts at ends of the respective left and right side parts that face away from the respective left and right body pillars, each of the receiving parts having an extension projecting up in a direction of a vehicle vertical axis to height positions above the left and right side parts and the left and right convertible top bearings, the transverse support being connected to the extensions of the receiving parts; a transverse support having opposite left and right ends and defining a hollow closed profile extending from the left end to the right end, the opposite left and right ends of the transverse support being fastened respectively to the left and right receiving parts; and left and right roll bars, each of the roll bars having an outer limb connected to the respective left or right receiving part and an inner limb with an inverted U-shaped foot fastened around the transverse support.