Closure member for vehicles

In a closure member for a compartment opening in a vehicle body, having a swivel axis which is arranged at the closure member's upper edge and is substantially horizontal and having at least one first pressure spring which is hinged between the vehicle body and the closure member for opening and keeping open the closure member in an upwardly swung end position which exposes the compartment opening, the improvement comprising wherein the closure member is horizontally divided and, viewed in a closed position, has upper and lower closure member parts which are connected through a substantially horizontal connecting axis, the first pressure spring being hinged between the upper closure member part and the vehicle body, and including at least one second pressure spring arranged between the two closure member parts, which second pressure spring is used during opening of the lower closure member part, the upper closure member part being initially held by a lock, for swinging up the lower closure member part about the connecting axis into an intermediate position defined by a stop between the two closure member parts, upon the reaching of which intermediate position the upper closure member part is released from the lock and can also be swung out, so that then the first pressure spring swings both the closure member parts about the swivel axis into the end position.