Patent ID: 7850223

Claim:
A folding top for a vehicle, comprising: a roof frame including at least one front frame part, at least one rear frame part and at least one central frame part; a frame link kinematically coupled to said roof frame, for moving said roof frame from a storage position, in which the top is stowed in a receiving space, into a closed position, in which the top spans a passenger compartment of the vehicle; said frame link including a first end articulated on the vehicle and a second end articulated on said at least one central frame part; a four-bar mechanism connecting together said at least one front frame part and said at least one center frame part; a top cloth at least partially connected laterally to said frame link and to said at least one front frame part; said top cloth not being permanently fixed to said at least one central frame part, but rather, being pressed thereon from the outside; in the closed position of the roof frame, said frame link at least partially bearing against said at least one rear frame part and said at least one central frame part being disposed between said at least one front frame part and said at least one rear frame part; and during a movement of said roof frame from the storage position into the closed position, said at least one front frame part substantially maintaining an orientation thereof.