Vehicle roof structure having left and right removable roof lids

A roof structure of a vehicle comprising:

• a frame having a front portion, a rear portion, a center beam extending along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle and connecting said front and rear portions, and left and right roof openings formed between said front and rear portions and separated by said center beam,
• left and right removable roof lids for closing said left and right roof openings, respectively, to form a closed roof surface and concealing said center beam under the closed roof surface when said left and right lids are placed in respective left and right closed positions, and fastening means for securing said left and right lids in said left and right closed positions to said frame structure, said fastening means comprising left and right latch means fixed, respectively, to undersides of said left and right lids, and receiving means which is fixedly mounted on an upper surface of said center beam, and formed with left and right latch holes receiving said left and right latch means, respectively, when said lids are placed in said closed positions, each of said latch holes being bounded on an upper side by a downward flange, and each of said latch means being formed with an upward flange which is inserted in one of said latch holes when said lids are placed in said closed positions, wherein each of said left and right latch means comprises a first latch plate having a fixed end fixed to said underside of one of said lids and a flanged end formed with said upward flange, and wherein a guide cover is fixed to each of said latch plates in such a manner as to cover a depressed portion adjoining said upward flange and to normally prevent engagement between said upward flange and said downward flange of said receiving means.