Patent ID: 7281743

Claim:
A device for guiding a loading floor of a motor vehicle, the height of which floor can be adjusted manually, the device comprising: a first spindle, about which the loading floor can pivot; a second spindle; and lever parts, which are arranged opposite one another and can be pivoted about the second spindle and on which the loading floor is pivotably mounted via the first spindle; wherein said spindles and lever parts are configured such that the loading floor can be adjusted between a lower loading floor position and an upper loading floor position by a pivoting movement of the lever parts; and in the lower loading floor position the first spindle is arranged below the second spindle, relative to the direction of the force of gravity, and is offset laterally with respect to the second spindle in such a way that a torque applied to the lever parts by weight of the loading floor acting on them is directed in a pivoting direction of the loading floor when it is being moved from the lower loading floor position into the upper loading floor position.