Patent ID: 7762624

Claim:
An openable vehicle roof, comprising at least one cover element which is guided in lateral guide rails and by means of which a roof opening can be selectively closed off or at least partially opened, and, along the guide rails, in each case one anti-trapping device, characterized in that the anti-trapping devices are formed in each case by a strip-shaped switching element which interacts with the respective guide rail and which is connected to a controller of a cover element drive; and characterized in that the profiled strip is a U-shaped profile, between the limbs of which engages a vertically aligned lug of the associated guide rail; and in that the strip-shaped switching element is formed from at least one profiled strip which is mounted in a resilient fashion and which interacts with an electrical switch within the U-shaped profile which switches in the presence of a trapping situation in which the profiled strip is pushed downwards.