Locking assembly for releasably locking a vehicle roof

A locking arrangement for the releasable fastening of a vehicle roof on an immovable vehicle body part, comprising:

• at least one hook lock having interacting connecting members arranged on the vehicle roof and on the vehicle body part, one of the connecting members constituting a locking hook, and another of the connecting members constituting a locking pin behind which the associated locking hook is configured to reach with a hook end, wherein a pivotal connection is at an end of the locking hook which is opposite the hook end, on the end of a reversible swivel-driven lever having an end connected with the locking hook for displacing the locking hook between an unlocking position and a locking position in a longitudinal vehicle direction and in a transverse direction such that the hook end is moved between a hooked position and a unhooked position,
• means operatively associated with the locking hook for controlling the transverse displacement of the hook end, and
• interacting positioning means arranged on the vehicle roof and on the vehicle body part such that the locking hook avoids weight forces of the vehicle roof, whereby the transverse displacement of the hook end is controlled by a displacement guiding of the locking hook such that the locking hook is disposed between end areas thereof,
• wherein the lever is movable about a swivel shaft which, in a locked position of the hook lock, is proximate to an imaginary line extending between the end of the locking hook and the pivotally connected end of the locking hook.