Patent ID: 8573676

Claim:
A closure assembly for a vehicle having a vehicle body and a rear glass panel with a rear edge, comprising: a rod having a forward end located forward of the rear edge of the glass panel and a rearward end located rearward of the rear edge of the glass panel, the rod extending essentially straight from the forward end to the rearward end; a first joint pivotally securing the forward end of the rod to the vehicle body forward of the read edge of the glass panel, the first joint able to pivot about a first laterally oriented axis through a first angle between a first reference position and a second reference position; a panel having a forward end and a rearward end; and a second joint pivotally securing the forward end of the panel to the rearward end of the rod, the second joint located rearward of the rear edge of the glass panel, and the second joint able to pivot about a second laterally oriented axis, through a second angle between the first reference position and a third reference position, the first laterally oriented axis spaced from the second laterally oriented axis.