Patent ID: 6672638
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
An automotive vehicle comprising:a passenger compartment having a front seat and a rear seat, the rear seat having a movable seat back; a storage compartment located rearward of the passenger compartment, the storage compartment being accessible from both the passenger compartment and externally from the rear of the storage compartment; a substantially transparent panel movable from a retracted position, allowing open access from the passenger compartment to the storage compartment, to a raised position, substantially separating the passenger compartment from the storage compartment; the seat back of the rear seat being foldable to allow supplemental storage above the rear seat when the panel is retracted; and an automatically movable back window assembly, the panel being movable to its raised position when the back window assembly is opened wherein an upper edge of the panel substantially seals against the back window assembly.