Patent ID: 7735890

Claim:
Tailgate arrangement of a motor vehicle which is located in a region of a rear opening of the vehicle and in the closed position borders the rear of a cargo space, comprising: an upper tailgate part which is coupled in a region of an upper edge of the rear opening of the vehicle, a lower tailgate part which is coupled in a region of a lower edge of the rear opening of the vehicle and is aligned essentially horizontally in an open position, and a rigid expansion element which is attachable on an inner side of the lower tailgate part, and which expands the cargo space and closes it relative to the exterior of the vehicle when the lower tailgate part is in the open position and the upper tailgate part is closed, the rigid expansion element being positionable so as to be open toward the interior of the vehicle and closed relative to the upper and lower tailgate parts and relative to adjoining portions of side walls of the vehicle in a region extending between the closed upper tailgate part and a lower edge of the rear opening.