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US 2008/0174137 A1Published application
Tailgate For A Motor Vehicle And A Motor Vehicle Having Such A Tailgate
AssigneeWilhelm Karmann GmbH
InventorWinfried Bunsmann
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Abstract
In a tailgate for a motor vehicle, which comprises a lower tailgate body (18), on which a rear window (22) is mounted, on whose upper area a supplemental brake light (24) is provided, the rear window (22) is lowerable into the tailgate body (18), wherein the rear window, at least when the vehicle is driven, is lowerable only so far that its upper area provided with the supplemental brake light (24) upwardly projects from the tailgate body.
Claims21
1-7. (canceled)
A tailgate for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a tailgate body,
- a rear window mounted on the tailgate body and being lowerable into the tailgate body, and
- a supplemental brake light provided on an upper area of the rear window,
- wherein the lowerability of the rear window into the tailgate body is restricted such that the upper area of the rear window provided with the supplemental brake light remains visible and above the tailgate body at least when the motor vehicle is being driven.
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A motor vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body,
- a tailgate pivotably mounted on the vehicle body,
- a rear window being upwardly and downwardly movable within the tailgate, and
- a supplemental brake light disposed at an upper portion of the rear window,
- wherein, at least when the motor vehicle is being driven, the rear window is prevented from being lowered so far into the tailgate that the supplemental brake light is no longer visible from the rear of the motor vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.