Patent ID: 7150481

Claim:
A convertible vehicle comprising: a carbody having a rear area; a convertible top connected to the carbody; wherein the rear area has a storage compartment for stowing the top and a trunk adjacent to the storage compartment; a variable partitioning device separating the trunk and the storage compartment; wherein the partitioning device has a top receiving position, in which a size of the storage compartment is enlarged, and a luggage receiving position, in which a size of the trunk is enlarged; wherein the partitioning device comprises a panel-shaped end member that, in the top receiving position, is in an upright position and delimits rearwardly the storage compartment relative to the trunk; wherein the end member comprises a first edge area that is releasably secured by a releasable connection to the carbody, wherein, for moving the partitioning device into the luggage receiving position, the first edge area is detached from the carbody; wherein the partitioning device comprises an adjoining panel connected to the end member, wherein the adjoining panel is positioned in front of the end member, viewed in a forward traveling direction of the convertible vehicle, when the partitioning device is in the top receiving position; wherein, for moving the partitioning device into the luggage receiving position, first the end member is pivoted relative to the adjoining panel in a first movement having a forwardly oriented movement component in the forward traveling direction and, subsequently, the end member and the adjoining panel are moved together in a second movement having a forwardly oriented movement component in the forward traveling direction.