Patent ID: 7077455

Claim:
A rear panel ( 4 ) for a motor vehicle having a chassis, and provided with a roof which can be folded in a rear boot of the chassis and with means to make the panel ( 4 ) pass from a position of use in which the panel ( 4 ) is disposed generally horizontally between an element of the vehicle chassis and the front edge of a lid of the boot to a retracted position where it is disposed generally substantially vertically so as to leave clear a passage space for the roof between the chassis element and the lid's front edge, the panel comprising: a central element ( 5 ) able to adopt the position of use and the retracted position; two lateral elements ( 6 ), each articulated at a transverse edge of the central element ( 5 ) about a substantially longitudinal shaft ( 7 ); characterised by the fact that comprises each lateral element includes: a cam follower ( 10 , 15 ) fixed to the lateral element ( 6 ) and cooperating with a cam track ( 11 , 17 ) fixed to the chassis; and elastic means ( 18 ) connected between the central element ( 5 ) and each lateral element ( 6 ), said elastic means forcing the cam followers ( 10 , 15 ) against the cam tracks ( 11 , 17 ); wherein, the cam followers, cam tracks and elastic means cooperate to dispose the lateral elements ( 6 ) generally in the plane of the central element ( 5 ) when the panel ( 4 ) is in the position of use and to incline the lateral elements ( 6 ) with respect to the central element ( 5 ) when the panel ( 4 ) is in the retracted position.