Tiltable roof for street and rail vehicles

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A VEHICLE HAVING A BOX-SHAPED CAR BODY OPEN AT THE TOP AND PROVIDED WITH A BOTTOM AND TWO END WALLS, A MULTI-SECTIONAL ROOF STRUCTURE, WHICH COMPRISES: TWO INNER ROOF SECTIONS MOVABLE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO EACH OTHER INTO A CLOSING POSITION IN WHICH THEY EXTEND SIDE BY SIDE IN A SELF-SUPPORTING MANNER FROM ONE END WALL TO THE OTHER END WALL OF SAID CAR BODY SO AS TO COVER THE CENTRAL OPEN TOP PORTION OF SAID CAR BODY, TILTABLE SUPPORTING MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID END WALLS AND SUPPORTING SAID INNER ROOF SECTIONS FOR SELECTIVELY TILTING SAID INNER ROOF SECTIONS FROM AN OPEN POSITION TO A CLOSING POSITION AND FROM SAID CLOSING POSITION TO SAID OPEN POSITION IN WHICH LATTER POSITION SAID INNER ROOF SECTIONS ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE VERTICAL UPWARD PROJECTION OF SAID CAR BOTTOM AND AN OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, TWO OUTER ROOF SECTIONS MOVABLE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO EACH OTHER FROM AN OPEN POSITION TO A CLOSING POSITION AND VICE VERSA AND IN SAID LAST MENTIONED CLOSING POSITION RESPECTIVELY EXTENDING ADJACENT TO AND ALONG THE RESPECTIVE ADJACENT INNER ROOF SECTIONS FROM ONE END WALL TO THE OTHER END WALL OF SAID CAR BODY SO AS TO COVER OPEN TOP PORTIONS OF SAID CAR BODY OTHER THAN THOSE COVERED BY SAID INNER ROOF SECTIONS, SAID OUTER ROOF SECTIONS WHEN OCCUPYING THEIR CLOSING POSITION BEING DETACHABLY SUSPENDED IN THE RESPECTIVE ADJACENT INNER ROOF SECTIONS, AND ROLLER MEANS CARRIED BY SAID END WALLS AND SUPPORTING SAID OUTER ROOF SECTIONS FOR MOVEMENT THEREON.