Arrangement of a cover of a folding-top compartment in a cabriolet

A cover arrangement for a folding-top compartment in a body of a cabriolet vehicle, comprising:

• folding top bearing parts mounted to the body of the cabriolet vehicle at positions in the folding-top compartment;
• folding top links pivotally mounted to the folding top bearing parts and to a folding top of the cabriolet vehicle for selectively moving the folding top into or out of the folding-top compartment;
• a cover having opposite front and rear ends and being configured for covering the folding-top compartment;
• a plurality of rigid cover links, each of the cover links having a lower end pivotally connected to the body of the vehicle and an upper end pivotally connected to the cover at a location closer to the front end of the cover than to the rear end of the cover, the cover links being configured so that pivoting movement of the cover links moves the cover between a closed position in which the cover covers the folding-top compartment and an open position in which the cover does not cover the folding-top compartment and so that the front end of the cover is lower than the rear end of the cover when the cover is in the open position;
• at least one guide projection at a location on the cover spaced from the pivotal connection of the cover links to the cover;
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• at least one guide groove non-pivotally disposed at fixable positions on the folding top bearing parts forward of the pivoting connection of the cover links to the body, the at least one guide groove having a first section with an upward opening disposed and configured for receiving the at least one guide projection as the cover moves toward the closed position, the at least one guide groove further having a second section angularly aligned to the first section and configured for guiding the cover farther toward the closed position.