Sliding roof arrangement

Claim 1

AN AUTOMOBILE ROOF HAVING A THRU OPENING, A RIGID PANEL CARRIED BY SAID ROOF FOR BACK-AND-FRONT MOVEMENT BETWEEN A CLOSED POSITION IN CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED RELATION WITHIN SAID ROOF OPENING AND AN OPEN POSITION BELOW SAID ROOF REARWARD OF SAID OPENING, AN INTEGRAL EDGE MARGIN ON SAID PANEL TURNED INWARD INTO SPACED UNDERLYING RELATION WITH THE ADJACENT PORTION OF SAID PANEL AND COMBINING THEREWITH TO DEFINE A PERIPHERALLY EXTENDING INWARDLY OPENING GROOVE, A STIFFENING FRAME EXTENDING PERIPHERALLY ABOUT THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID PANEL AND HAVING ITS OUTER EDGE PORTION FIRMLY ENGAGED IN SAID GROOVE, THE INNER REGION OF SAID FRAME BEING STEPPED DOWNWARD FROM SAID PANEL, A CLAMP LEDGE SECURED ALONG THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID FRAME AND EXTENDING OUTWARD IN SPACED RELATION BENEATH SAID INTURNED EDGE MARGIN CIRCUMFERENTIALLY THEREALONG TO DEFINE WITH THE LATTER A PERIPHERALLY EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OPENING GROOVE, A SEALING STRIP EXTENDING PERIPHERALLY ABOUT THE OUTER PERIMETER OF SAID PANEL IN ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE INNER PERIMETER OF SAID OPENING IN THE CLOSED POSITION OF SAID PANEL TO SEAL THE SPACE ABOUT SAID PANEL WITHIN SAID OPENING, SAID STRIP INCLUDING A HOLLOW DEFORMABLE HEAD EXTENDING EXTERNALLY ALONG SAID OUTWARDLY OPENING GROOVE FOR SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INNER PERIMETER OF SAID OPENING, AN ATTACHING FLANGE ON SAID BEAD EXTENDING INTO AND FIRMLY SECURED WITHIN SAID OUTWARDLY OPENING GROOVE, A ROOFDRAIN CHANNEL DEPENDING FROM THE INNER PERIMETER OF SAID ROOF OPENING INWARDLY THEREOF AND EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY ALONG THE FRONT AND SIDES OF SAID OPENING, AND A PANEL DRAIN PROJECTING REARWARDLY FROM THE REARWARD PORTION OF SAID CLAMP LEDGE EXTENDING LATERALLY THEREALONG AND SPANNING THE SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID ROOF-DRAIN CHANNELS.