Patent ID: 6874838

Claim:
Motor vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body, a tailgate, bearing means movably supporting the tailgate on the motor vehicle for closing and for clearing a rear loading opening of a trunk space of the vehicle body, and a cover means for closing an upper trunk opening of the vehicle body, said cover means being formed of a plurality of cover parts which are movable forward from a closed position into an open position, the cover parts being supported on each side of the upper trunk opening, wherein the tailgate is mounted so as to be able to rearwardly swing out around a bottom edge thereof into a swung out horizontal position in which the tailgate forms a load-bearing surface and wherein the tailgate in said horizontal position is vertically movable by the bearing means for raising and lowering cargo thereon; wherein the bearing means comprises a vertical guide arrangement which is mounted on the motor vehicle body and on which at least one pivot bearing part which is attached to the tailgate is supported in a slidable and pivotable manner; wherein the vertical guide arrangement has two vertical guides, each of which has at least one guide rail; and wherein the vertical guides have at top section configured to move the tailgate inward against the vehicle rear during lifting of the tailgate into the closed position.