Patent ID: 7017971
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A device for controlling a rear panel ( 4 ) of a motor vehicle provided with a rear boot ( 2 ), a lid ( 3 ) for said boot ( 2 ), and a roof which can be folded from a position in which it covers the vehicle cabin to a position in which it is stored in the rear boot ( 2 ), said roof comprising at least one rear roof part ( 5 ), characterised by the fact that it comprises on at least one of the sides of the vehicle: a panel support member connected to the vehicle chassis by pivoting means so that said panel passes, by means of a pivoting of said support member, from an open position in which said panel is substantially vertical and in which it leaves clear a passage for said roof, to one of two closed positions where said panel extends substantially horizontally in a position of closure of said passage between the chassis and the front edge ( means of moving said rear panel ( means of elastic return of said panel ( means of abutment (