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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2000
Petrus Christiaan Martinus Lenkens, Beugen, NL;
Inalfa Industries B.V., , NL;
Abstract
With a method for opening and closing an open roof construction of a vehicle having a roof opening (,) in its fixed roof (,), which comprises at least three movably supported louvres (,) for selectively closing or at least partially opening said roof opening, said louvres are moved between their closed position, in which they abut in a substantially flat manner against each other, and their open position, in which they are positioned close together, one behind the other, in an obliquely upwardly pivoted position. In order to open the roof from the front side or the rear side, the louvre (,) present at the rear end, seen in the opening direction, pivots upwards and slides to the open position first, and the adjacent louvres (,) are successively opened by being operated by the preceding louvre. The invention also comprises an open roof construction for use with such a method.