Patent ID: 7201432

Claim:
A rear-mounted air guide device for a motor vehicle, comprising: an air guide element, which can be adjusted in relation to a vehicle body between a retracted inactive position and an extended active position, the air guide element, in the retracted inactive position, forming a portion of an upper motor vehicle body surface and having a different attack angle than in the extended active position, in which the device extends in a spaced manner with respect to other portions of the upper motor vehicle body surface, and a device provided for fastening and adjusting the air guide element, having at least one support, which is seated displaceably on the vehicle body, can be moved in the vertical direction, and comprises, on its upper end region, a contact area for the air guide element pivoted on the support, wherein the air guide element, in the extended active position, rests in some regions on the contact area of the support and is held in this position by a spring element, and wherein the air guide element, in the retracted inactive position, is swiveled against action of the spring element and is supported on its bottom by the vehicle body.