Patent ID: 7708333

Claim:
A convertible vehicle comprising: a vehicle body, a rear trunk lid and defining an unchangeable, upwardly opened storage area, and a vehicle roof that is pivotable between an open and closed position with respect to the vehicle body and comprises a forward roof element pivotably coupled to a rearward roof element, wherein the forward roof element is settable on the rearward roof element and is settable together with the rearward roof element in the storage area, wherein the storage area is dimensioned so as to substantially completely accommodate the forward and rearward roof elements on the rear trunk lid when the vehicle roof is disposed in the open position, wherein the storage area is defined by a recess within the rear trunk lid, wherein the storage area is bounded within the rear trunk lid by a pair of opposing, lateral elevations and a rear-sided elevation, such that the elevations align with the outer surface of the forward roof element when the roof elements are set in the storage area, and when the vehicle roof is disposed in the open position, an outer surface of the forward roof element forms a substantially continuous, curved outer shell together with the rear trunk lid.