Patent ID: 7055879

Claim:
Passenger utility vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body with a cargo space which is located in a windowed rear cargo area of the vehicle body, said cargo area containing a movable cargo floor which can be extended rearwardly through a rear cargo space opening at a rear end of the vehicle body, at least one rear roof panel mounted for movement between a closed position closing a roof opening in a fixed roof surface of the vehicle body and an open position in which the roof opening is cleared, upwardly opening the cargo space, and a cargo space door mounted for movement between a closed position extending across the rear cargo space opening and an open position in which the cargo space is rearwardly open; wherein a continuous opening combining said rear cargo space opening and said roof opening is formed when both said at least one rear roof panel and said cargo space door are in the open position thereof; and wherein the cargo space door is mounted to the vehicle body by a pivot bearing means having an arc-shaped guide that produces a swinging motion about an effective vertical pivot axis that lies outside the cargo space door and rearward of vehicle body.