Patent ID: 7334833

Claim:
Rear hatch arrangement of a motor vehicle, comprising a first, upper rear hatch part ( 14 ) which is attached via a coupling means ( 16 ) to a body section ( 11 ) and can be pivoted around an axis which runs in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and a second, lower rear hatch part ( 15 ) with an upper edge which in the closed position borders the lower edge of the upper rear hatch part ( 14 ) and which lower rear hatch part can be pivoted out relative to the upper rear hatch part ( 15 ) by means of at least one articulated mechanism, characterized in that the articulated mechanism ( 19 ) is guided in at least one guide rail ( 23 ) so that the lower rear hatch part ( 15 ) in the outwardly pivoted state can be translationally shifted relative to the upper rear hatch part ( 14 ).