Patent ID: 7988217

Claim:
A water management bracket for a hatchback door assembly of a hatchback vehicle comprises a first angled portion comprising a first interior surface, a second angled portion comprising a second interior surface and a body portion comprising a body interior surface, wherein: the first angled portion is disposed between the body portion and the second angled portion; the first angled portion is oriented at a first angle with respect to the body portion such that a normal to the first interior surface is co-planar with a normal to the body interior surface; and the second angled portion is oriented at a second angle with respect to the first angled portion, and the second angled portion is rotated away from the first angled portion such that a normal to the second interior surface is non-coplanar with the normal to the first interior surface, and the normal to the body interior surface, wherein, when the water management bracket is attached to the hatchback door assembly and the hatchback door assembly is open, the body interior surface receives water flowing along the hatchback door assembly, and the first interior surface, the second interior surface and the body interior surface divert the water away from an interior of the vehicle.