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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Igor Fischbein, Cologne, DE;
James Neugebauer, Chelmsford, GB;
Torsten Gerhardt, London, GB;
Bruce Southey, Farnham, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle is provided with a luggage compartment opening arranged at the rear of a body of the motor vehicle, and a tailgate arranged pivotably on the body and in a closed position closes the luggage compartment opening and in an open position at least partially opens the luggage compartment opening. In order to provide a motor vehicle with a luggage compartment of variable size, the motor vehicle comprises a cover attached to a vehicle portion of the motor vehicle adjacent to the luggage compartment opening and/or defining the luggage compartment opening, and which is made of a flexible material and is configured and arranged such that, in the open position of the tailgate or by pivoting of the tailgate into the open position, it can be transferred from a compact rest state into an extended function state.