Sun roof for vehicles having protective screens

A sun roof for a vehicle having an opening in the roof thereof, said sun roof comprising:

• a single cover for the opening:
• frame means for supporting said cover for the opening:
• sun protective screen means at least partially enclosed by said frame means and located under said cover, said sun protective screen means comprising two sun protective screens, two independently operated roller devices for rolling and unrolling said two sun protective screens in direction transverse to the longitudinal extent of the vehicle, and support means for supporting said roller devices on said frame means and located under said cover;
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• actuation means for opening and closing said cover and supported by said frame means;
• said support means comprising two housing portions for supporting said two roller devices, respectively, and a transverse support interconnecting said two housing portions, said two housing portions extending between front and rear edges of said frame means for the opening and along a middle line of the vehicle roof extending longitudinally of the vehicle and on opposite sides of the middle line, said two housing portions and transverse support defining a substantially U-shaped end portion at an end of said support means for partially enclosing said actuation means;
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• said support means comprising catch means for detachably mounting said support means in said frame means to enable removal of said sun protective screen means as a unit from said frame means.