Patent ID: 6874848

Claim:
A lamellar roof for a roof opening ( 1 ) of a vehicle, comprising at least front and rear lamellar roof sections (L 1 -L 4 ) supported in said roof opening by tracks so as to be movable between a closed position, in which the roof opening ( 1 ) is closed by a planar side-by-side arrangement of said lamellas (L 1 -L 4 ) and an open position, in which the lamellas (L 1 -L 4 ) are tilted upwardly and moved backwardly into overlapping relationship, a lamella guide mechanism ( 6 ) for guiding said lamellas during movement between their open and closed positions and including guide carriages (F 1 -F 5 ) movably supported on said tracks, lamella carriers (T 1 -T 4 ) supported on said guide carriages (F 1 -F 5 ) together with control rockers ( 10 ), each of said guide carriages (F 1 -F 5 ) being provided with one of said lamella carriers (T 1 -T 4 ) and one of said control rockers ( 10 ), said control rockers ( 10 ) of adjacent guide carriages (F 1 -F 5 ) being firmly engaged with one another when said roof is open and said guide carriages (F 1 -F 5 ) are moved into an abutting relationship, each control rocker ( 10 ) being joined to the, in travel direction of the vehicle, adjacent front lamella (L 1 ) by way of a guide slot ( 8 ) extending along the lamella carrier (T 1 ) thereof and supporting said adjacent front lamella (L 1 ).