Patent ID: 6926326

Claim:
A rear bumper structure for a vehicle, comprising: a bumper reinforcement fixed to a rear end of a vehicle body so as to define its fixed position with respect to the vehicle body and extend in a width direction of the vehicle; and a bumper opening-and-closing portion arranged to be movable in a substantially vertical direction of the vehicle so as to selectively open or close a lower part of a rear opening of a load compartment formed at a rear portion of the vehicle body, constituting at least part of a rear bumper of the vehicle, wherein said bumper opening-and-closing portion includes a main body of bumper opening-and-closing portion which is located in front of said bumper reinforcement in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a bumper facer which is attached to said main body to cover said bumper reinforcement from a rear side of the vehicle, and a moving mechanism which moves said main body in the substantially vertical direction of the vehicle and between the vehicle body and said bumper reinforcement such that said bumper reinforcement is always located between said main body and said bumper facer.