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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2003
Marcel Johan Christiaan Nellen, Venray, NL;
Martinus Wilhelmus Maria Nabuurs, Overloon, NL;
Marcel Johan Christiaan Nellen, Venray, NL;
Martinus Wilhelmus Maria Nabuurs, Overloon, NL;
Abstract
An open roof assembly for a vehicle, having a roof opening defined in the roof of the vehicle includes a foldable closure mechanism for closing and opening said roof opening. The closure mechanism includes an outer cloth and an inner cloth mutually spaced in the closed position of the closure mechanism, wherein the closure mechanism at its opposite longitudinal edges extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and is provided with a number of spaced slides which, in a driven manner, are movable along guides extending along corresponding longitudinal edges of the roof opening. The slides carry elongated folding arms that, with ends remote from the slides, support the outer cloth and inner cloth and are biased towards a position for zig-zag like folding during opening of the roof opening. The ends of the folding arms remote from the slides are each provided with an extension arm extending in an inclined manner in a direction substantially away from the corresponding slide and towards the inner cloth, wherein each end of the extension arms remote from the corresponding folding arm is connected to and substantially engages the inner cloth.