Patent ID: 7377573

Claim:
A lid assembly provided on a rear trunk of a convertible vehicle having a front, a rear and a longitudinal axis, and comprising a bodywork and a movable roof adapted to cover a passenger compartment of the vehicle in a first position and to uncover said passenger compartment in a second position, the lid assembly comprising: a lid which has a front edge and a rear edge, which is hinged relative to the bodywork of the vehicle and which is locked relative to said bodywork in a releasable manner, both in the vicinity of the front edge and the rear edge, by front and rear locking and hinge members, respectively, so as to be movable between a closed position and a first open position by pivoting from said front backwards about a rear axis, for allowing the roof to pass from said first position to said second position, and between said closed position and a second open position by pivoting from the rear forwards about a front axis, for a rear access to the rear trunk, and control means adapted to open the lid from both said front backwards and rear forwards, and to close the lid, the control means comprising at least one articulated arm which is movable and operated between a retracted position in which the lid is in its closed position and a first deployed position in which the lid is in its first open position, for having said lid pivoted about said rear axis, wherein said at least one articulated arm is further movable and operated between said retracted position and a second deployed position in which the lid is in its second open position further to a pivoting of said lid about said front axis, so that said deployment of said at least one articulated arm from the retracted position to said second deployed position operates the pivoting of the lid from the rear forwards, about said front axis, wherein the front locking and hinge members are dissociated from said at least one articulated arm, and wherein, through said front locking and hinge members, the lid is directly articulated on the bodywork of the vehicle.