MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A LOADING FLOOR AND METHOD FOR PUTTING A LOADING FLOOR INTO AN OPEN PLACE

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a motor vehicle with a loading floor which can be moved from a closed position, in which the loading floor conceals a space arranged vertically beneath the vehicle, to an open position. In the open position, the space is accessible. A holding device is provided for holding the loading floor in the open position, the holding device comprising at least one guide element. By moving the loading floor into the open position, at least one bearing element of the loading floor can be moved along the at least one guide element to an end position. In the end position, the at least one bearing element is arranged lower vertically than when the loading floor is in the closed position. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for moving the loading floor of a motor vehicle from a closed position to an open position.

[0002] EP 1 378 397 A1 describes a generic device for guiding a height-adjustable loading floor of a motor vehicle. The device comprises a guide track in which a guide element is movably guided. The guide track has a guide track section running obliquely to an imaginary horizontal and arranged between a lower and an upper loading floor position.

[0003] EP 2 429 860 B1 describes a device for separating a storage zone defined by a vehicle structure. Two guide means are arranged to enable guided movement of a front section of a storage plate between an upper position, in which the storage plate separates the storage zone into two superimposed subsections, and a lower position, in which the storage plate rests on a section of the structure. The device includes a bidirectional stop device in an intermediate section of the guide means.

[0004] It is inconvenient if the loading floor of a vehicle, which has been opened to provide access to the space underneath, does not remain open but instead falls shut again, perhaps due to gravity. In that case, a user of the vehicle who wants access to the space or storage area and opens the loading floor for this purpose has to support the floor itself.

[0005] CN 205905913 U describes a motor vehicle with a loading floor which has strip-shaped fixing elements on its narrow sides at the front end (in the direction of travel). The body panels that laterally define the vehicle's cargo area have a first, horizontally extending fixing groove and a second, inclined fixing groove. When the strip-shaped fixing elements are inserted into the horizontal fixing grooves, the loading floor is horizontally oriented. Conversely, when the strip-shaped fixing elements are inserted into the inclined fixing grooves, the loading floor is held in an open position by the fixing grooves.

[0006] A disadvantage here is that handling the loading floor when moving it from the closed position to the open position is comparatively cumbersome for a user of the motor vehicle.

[0007] Further possibilities for fixing a vehicle's loading floor in an open position are described in DE 10 2016 222 982 A1 and in DE 10 2017 006 581 A1.

[0008] The object of the present invention is to create a motor vehicle of the type mentioned at the outset in which the loading floor can be moved from the closed position to the open position in a particularly user-friendly manner, and to specify a corresponding method.

[0009] This problem is solved by a motor vehicle with the features of claim 1 and by a method with the features of claim 8. Advantageous embodiments with expedient further developments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims and in the following description.

[0010] The motor vehicle according to the invention has a loading floor which can be moved from a closed position, in which the loading floor conceals a space arranged vertically below the vehicle, to an open position. In the open position, the space is accessible. A holding device of the motor vehicle serves to hold the loading floor in the open position. The holding device comprises at least one guide element, wherein, by moving the loading floor into the open position, at least one bearing element of the loading floor can be moved along the at least one guide element to an end position. In the end position, the at least one bearing element is arranged vertically lower than when the loading floor is in the closed position.The at least one bearing element can be moved from a starting position, which the at least one bearing element occupies when the loading floor is closed, to an intermediate position by rotating it about a pivot axis of the loading floor. From the intermediate position, the at least one bearing element can be moved to the final position.

[0011] An end section of the at least one guide device, along which the at least one bearing element can be moved from the intermediate position to the end position, forms an acute angle with the vertical direction of the vehicle. Such an inclination of the end section of the guide device to the vertical direction of the vehicle ensures that the entire loading floor forms an acute angle with the vertical direction of the vehicle when the loading floor is in the open position.

[0012] This makes the space beneath the loading floor particularly accessible when the floor is open, especially when it is closed. Furthermore, this prevents the loading floor from occupying space in the open position that is intended, or could be intended, for other vehicle components, such as seats in the rear, which are located in front of the loading floor, either longitudinally or in the direction of travel. This is advantageous.

[0013] The holding device comprises at least one support element spaced apart from the at least one guide device. The upper surface of the loading floor rests against the at least one support element when the at least one bearing element is moved into its end position. By providing this support element, the guide device does not need to apply or provide the force required to hold the loading floor in the open position. Rather, the support element spaced apart from the guide device serves as a counter-bearing for the upper surface of the loading floor when the loading floor is in the open position.

[0014] This is advantageous because the guiding device primarily serves to guide the bearing element as it moves from the starting position, through the intermediate position, to the final position and back. In contrast, holding the loading platform in the open position is achieved primarily by the at least one support element.

[0015] The inclusion of at least one support element advantageously provides a large contact area in which the upper surface of the loading floor is in contact with the support element when the loading floor is in the open position and thus the bearing element is moved into its end position. Furthermore, the support element, which is separate from and spaced apart from the guide device, can be very easily designed to be sufficiently robust to ensure the loading floor is held securely in the open position.

[0016] In this vehicle, the loading floor is therefore particularly user-friendly, easily moving from the closed to the open position. A user simply needs to rotate or pivot the loading floor around its axis, or fold it up. This moves the bearing element from its starting position to the intermediate position without any further user intervention. Once at least one bearing element is in the intermediate position, it can then be moved from there to its final position.

[0017] Moving the loading floor from the open position to the closed position, in which the holding device secures the loading floor, is therefore particularly easy and intuitive for the vehicle user. This is because the user is accustomed to rotating or folding the loading floor around its pivot axis to move it from the closed to the open position. However, this familiar movement is advantageously combined here with the movement of at least one bearing element from its initial position to an intermediate position, from which it can then move to its final position. Thus, by rotating or pivoting the loading floor around its pivot axis, the slight movement of the bearing element from its initial position to this intermediate position can be achieved.And from the intermediate position, the bearing element can move unhindered into the final position, especially supported by gravity.

[0018] In contrast, lowering the bearing element in the upward direction of the vehicle, and thus directly moving it into its final position, is prevented when the bearing element is in its starting position, i.e., when the loading floor is in the closed position. This prevents the bearing element from undesirably lowering in the upward direction of the vehicle when the loading floor is in the closed position. This is advantageous in terms of user-friendliness when operating the loading floor.

[0019] In the closed position, the loading floor preferably assumes a predetermined position in which an end of the loading floor furthest from the pivot axis is preferably flush with adjacent vehicle components. In this way, the loading floor and the adjacent components form a continuous, preferably flat, loading surface within the vehicle's cargo area.

[0020] Preferably, the at least one bearing element can be moved from its initial position to an intermediate position along the at least one guide device in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by rotating the loading floor about the pivot axis. In this case, the at least one bearing element is closer to a rear end of the vehicle in the initial position than in the intermediate position. This is particularly advantageous for achieving continuous movement of the bearing element along the guide device when moving the bearing element from the initial position, through the intermediate position, to the final position.

[0021] Furthermore, by spacing the intermediate position away from the rear of the vehicle in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, relative to the initial position, it is particularly easy to ensure that an undesirable downward sagging of the bearing element in the upward direction of the vehicle is avoided in the initial position. This downward sagging, however, occurs when the bearing element is subsequently moved from the intermediate position to the final position.

[0022] Preferably, a free end region of the loading floor is spaced apart from an end region of the at least one support element that is close to the loading floor during the movement of the at least one bearing element from the initial position to the intermediate position. In the closed position of the loading floor, the free end region of the loading floor is closer to the front end of the vehicle than to the rear end. This spacing of the free end region of the loading floor from the support element during the pivoting movement ensures that this pivoting movement of the loading floor around the pivot axis can occur unimpeded. This is advantageous for trouble-free handling when moving the loading floor from the closed position to the open position and back again.

[0023] Preferably, the at least one guide device has at least one detent threshold which must be overcome when moving the at least one bearing element from the initial position to the intermediate position. By providing the at least one detent threshold, unintentional movement of the bearing element from the initial position to the intermediate position is advantageously avoided.

[0024] Furthermore, by providing at least one detent, haptic and / or acoustic feedback can be provided to the vehicle user when moving the loading floor from the open position back to the closed position. This is because, in order to move the bearing element back to its starting position from the intermediate position, the detent must first be overcome.

[0025] Preferably, the bearing element has a non-slip coating at least in a contact area where the at least one bearing element is in contact with the boundary walls of the at least one guide device during movement from the starting position to the intermediate position. The non-slip coating is designed to assist in overcoming the at least one detent threshold. Accordingly, the non-slip coating of the bearing element advantageously ensures that the at least one detent threshold can be overcome, and in particular rolled over, particularly easily when the bearing element is moved from the starting position to the intermediate position during rotation of the loading platform about the pivot axis.

[0026] The non-slip coating, especially when made of a rubber material or similar flexible material, also advantageously ensures an elastic and therefore particularly quiet or noiseless mounting of the bearing element in the guide device when the bearing element is in the starting position.

[0027] The non-slip coating or friction lining can be designed as a sheath that surrounds or encloses a base body of the bearing element, particularly a cylindrical one. This design of the bearing element allows for a particularly simple rolling over of the detent threshold when moving the bearing element from its starting position to the intermediate position.

[0028] Preferably, the at least one bearing element is received in a detent recess of the at least one guide device in its initial position. This ensures a well-defined support of the bearing element in the guide device when the bearing element is in its initial position.

[0029] Preferably, at least one bearing element is designed as a bearing journal through which the pivot axis of the loading platform is provided. In this way, the bearing element is particularly robust and resilient. Furthermore, this design allows for very precise guidance of the bearing element along the guide device when the bearing element is moved from the starting position, through the intermediate position, to the final position. This preferably also applies when the bearing element is moved from the final position, through the intermediate position, and back to the starting position when the loading platform is moved from the open position to the closed position.

[0030] The vehicle can have a second row of seats arranged longitudinally behind a driver's seat and a front passenger seat, and a third row of seats arranged behind the second row. The load floor is located behind the third row of seats. Particularly with such a load floor located behind the third row of seats, it is especially advantageous if the load floor is held in the open position by means of a retaining device. This is because the third row of seats can prevent the load floor from rising to a vertical position or even beyond. Therefore, the movement mechanism described above for moving the load floor is particularly advantageous in vehicles with a third row of seats.

[0031] In the inventive method for moving a vehicle's loading floor from a closed position, in which the loading floor conceals a space arranged vertically beneath the vehicle, to an open position in which the space is accessible, a holding device of the vehicle holds the loading floor in the open position. The holding device comprises at least one guide element, wherein, by moving the loading floor into the open position, at least one bearing element of the loading floor is moved along the at least one guide element to an end position. In the end position, the at least one bearing element is arranged lower vertically than when the loading floor is in the closed position.The at least one bearing element is moved from a starting position, which the at least one bearing element occupies when the loading floor is closed, to an intermediate position by rotating it about a pivot axis of the loading floor. From the intermediate position, the at least one bearing element is moved to the final position. An end section of the at least one guide device, along which the at least one bearing element is moved from the intermediate position to the final position, forms an acute angle with the vertical direction of the vehicle, wherein the loading floor forms the acute angle with the vertical direction of the vehicle when the loading floor is in the open position. The holding device comprises at least one contact element spaced apart from the at least one guide device, against which an upper surface of the loading floor rests when the at least one bearing element is moved to the final position.

[0032] This method for moving the loading floor into the open position is particularly user-friendly. Rotating the loading floor around its pivot axis moves the bearing element from its starting position to an intermediate position. From this intermediate position, the bearing element easily reaches its final position, preferably assisted by gravity. Consequently, moving the loading floor from the closed to the open position is very simple, effortless, and intuitive for the vehicle user.

[0033] The advantages and preferred embodiments described for the motor vehicle according to the invention also apply to the method according to the invention and vice versa.

[0034] The invention therefore also includes further developments of the method according to the invention, which have features as already described in connection with the further developments of the motor vehicle according to the invention. For this reason, the corresponding further developments of the method according to the invention are not described again here.

[0035] The motor vehicle according to the invention is preferably designed as a motor vehicle, in particular as a passenger car or truck, or as a passenger bus.

[0036] The invention also includes combinations of the features of the described embodiments. The invention therefore also includes realizations that each exhibit a combination of the features of several of the described embodiments, provided that the embodiments have not been described as mutually exclusive.

[0037] The following are exemplary embodiments of the invention described. This is illustrated by: Fig. 1 shows a schematic rear view of the rear of a motor vehicle, with a loading platform located in the rear of the motor vehicle shown in a closed position and in an open position; Fig. 2 shows the loading platform schematically according to Fig. 1 in a side sectional view; Fig. 3 shows a section of a front end region of the loading floor in the direction of travel, in the closed position and in the open position, showing the shape of a guide device along which a bearing element of the loading floor, designed as a bearing pin, moves when the loading floor is moved from the closed position to the open position; Fig. 4 shows a side view of a loading floor support comprising a holding device for holding the loading floor in the open position, the holding device also being shown in Fig. 3 The guide device and a system element are shown; and Fig. 5 shows a highly schematic top view of the motor vehicle with a third row of seats, behind which the loading floor can be arranged.

[0038] The exemplary embodiments described below are preferred embodiments of the invention. In these exemplary embodiments, the described components each represent individual features of the invention, which can be considered independently of one another and each further develops the invention independently. Therefore, the disclosure is intended to include combinations of features of the embodiments other than those shown. Furthermore, the described embodiments can also be supplemented by further features of the invention already described.

[0039] In the figures, identical reference symbols denote functionally equivalent elements.

[0040] From a motor vehicle 10 (compare Fig. 5 ) is in Fig. 1 a rear area shown, which is located behind a third row of seats 12 of the motor vehicle 10 (compare Fig. 5 ). A loading platform 14 is located in the rear area of ​​the motor vehicle 10, which is in Fig. 1 The loading floor 14 is shown in two positions: one closed and the other open. In the closed position, the upper surface 16 of the loading floor 14 forms the lower boundary of the cargo space 18 of the vehicle 10. Furthermore, in the closed position, a space 20 or storage compartment located below the loading floor 14, in the vertical direction z of the vehicle 10, is concealed. This space 20 or storage compartment can accommodate items such as a toolbox 22 or similar items.

[0041] Furthermore, in Fig. 1 and in Fig. 2 The loading floor 14 is shown in an open position. In the open position of the loading floor 14, an underside 24 of the loading floor 14 is against a rear end 26 of the motor vehicle 10 (compare Fig. 5 ) turned towards.

[0042] Especially from Fig. 2 It is evident that the loading platform 14, when moved into the open position, forms an angle 28 with the vertical direction z of the vehicle 10, or with the vehicle's vertical axis. This angle 28 is acute. The angle 28 can be approximately 5°. Accordingly, the loading platform 14 is not completely vertical in the open position. Nevertheless, it is prevented that the loading platform 14 moves unintentionally from the open position to the closed position due to gravity. This is ensured by a holding device 30, the components and function of which are described in relation to Fig. 3 will be explained in more detail.

[0043] Firstly, the holding device 30 comprises a guide element 32, designed in this case as a guide track, with an end section 34. In this case, the end section 34 forms the same acute angle 28 with the vertical direction z of the motor vehicle 10 (compare Fig. 2 ) such as the loading floor 14 itself, when the loading floor 14 is in the open position.

[0044] Furthermore, the guide device 32 includes a locking recess 36. In this locking recess 36, a bearing element 38 of the loading floor 14, designed in this case as a bearing pin, is received when the bearing element 38 is in a starting position.

[0045] Preferably, bearing elements 38 are arranged on the two sides of the loading floor 14 opposite each other in the transverse direction y of the vehicle, and these bearing elements are guided in guide devices 32 designed as guides or guide slides. The pivot axis of the loading floor 14 is provided by at least one bearing element 38. For the sake of simplicity, only one of these bearing elements 38, namely the one shown in Fig. 3 The bearing element 38 shown and its movement when the loading floor 14 is moved into the open position will be discussed in more detail.

[0046] When the loading floor 14 is moved from the closed position to the open position by rotating it about the pivot axis, the bearing element 38 first moves from the starting position, which the bearing element 38 assumes when the bearing element 38 is in the locking recess 36, to an intermediate position 40.

[0047] In Fig. 3 This intermediate position 40 is illustrated by the bearing element 38, shown a second time, which has been moved from the initial position, in which the bearing element 38 is arranged in the locking recess 36, in the longitudinal direction x of the motor vehicle 10 to the intermediate position 40. In the intermediate position 40, the bearing element 38 is further from the rear end 26 (compare Fig. 5 ) of the motor vehicle 10 is further away than in the initial position. In other words, the bearing element 38 is closer to the rear end 26 of the motor vehicle 10 in the initial position than in the intermediate position 40.

[0048] If the bearing element 38 is in the intermediate position 40, the bearing element 38 can be moved along the end section 34 of the guide device 32 to an end position 42. The end position 42 is also in Fig. 3 For the sake of clarity, this is illustrated by the bearing element 38, shown a third time, which has reached the lower end of the end section 34 of the guide device 32 in the vertical direction z.

[0049] The movement of the bearing element 38 from the intermediate position 40 to the final position 42 is assisted by gravity. Accordingly, the bearing element 38 slides unimpeded from the intermediate position 40 along the end section 34 to the final position 42.

[0050] To move the bearing element 38 from its initial position, and thus from the locking recess 36, to the intermediate position 40, the user of the vehicle 10 simply needs to rotate or pivot the loading floor 14 about its pivot axis. In doing so, the bearing element 38 rolls over a locking threshold 44, which limits the locking recess 36 to the end section 34 of the guide device 32.

[0051] To assist or facilitate overcoming the detent threshold 44, the bearing element 38, designed here as a bearing journal, has a non-slip coating 46. The non-slip coating 46 is connected to limiting walls 48, 50 of the guide device 32 (see Figure 3). Fig. 4 ) in the system, while the bearing element 38 is moved from the starting position to the intermediate position 40.

[0052] Especially from Fig. 3 It is further evident that in the present case the rest recess 36 is located on one side, which corresponds to the rear end 26 of the motor vehicle 10 (compare Fig. 5 ) is limited by a further locking threshold 54. Thus, in the initial position, a well-defined position of at least one bearing element 38 of the loading floor 14 is specified.

[0053] In Fig. 3 The loading floor 14 is also shown in partial view in the open position, in which the underside 24 of the loading floor 14 is adjacent to the rear end 26 of the motor vehicle 10 (compare Fig. 5 ) is oriented towards. Accordingly, the upper surface 16 of the loading floor 14 is no longer essentially horizontally oriented, but inclined. In the open position of the loading floor 14, when the bearing element 38 is moved into the end position 42, the upper surface 16 of the loading floor 14 rests against a contact element 56 of the holding device 30, which is spaced apart from the guide device 32 (compare Fig. 3 ).

[0054] It is ensured that a free end region 58 of the loading platform 14 is spaced away from an end region 60 of the support element 56 that is close to the loading platform 14 during the movement of the bearing element 38 from the initial position to the intermediate position 40. Accordingly, the free end region 58 of the loading platform 14 does not collide with this end region 60 of the support element 56 while the bearing element 38 is moved from the initial position to the intermediate position 40.

[0055] Due to the subsequent displacement of the bearing element 38 from the intermediate position 40 to the end position 42, the upper surface 16 of the free end area 58 of the loading floor 14 comes into contact with the mounting element 56 of the holding device 30, as shown in Fig. 3 for the loading floor 14 which is moved into the open position.

[0056] The free end area 58 of the loading floor 14 is, in the closed position of the loading floor 14, adjacent to a front end 52 of the motor vehicle 10 (compare Fig. 5 ) closer than the rear end 26 of the motor vehicle 10.

[0057] It is preferably ensured that no interfering contours are present in the cargo space 18 of the motor vehicle 10 during the movement of the loading floor 14 from the closed position to the open position (compare Fig. 1 and Fig. 5 ) hinder or impair this movement of the loading floor 14.

[0058] Out of Fig. 4 It is evident that the holding device 30 is integrated into a loading floor support 62, which serves to support the loading floor 14 in both its closed and open positions. In this case, two such loading floor supports 62 are arranged at a distance from each other in the transverse direction y of the vehicle on opposite sides of the loading space 18.

[0059] Out of Fig. 4 It is further evident that the guide device 32, designed like a guide or guide track, is open at an end 70 opposite the end section 34. This allows the loading floor 14 to be removed from the vehicle 10. When the loading floor 14 is removed from the vehicle 10, the bearing elements 38 or bearing pins pass through this end 70 of the respective guide device 32.

[0060] According to Fig. 5 The motor vehicle 10 in this case has a driver's seat 64 and a passenger seat 66, which are in Fig. 5 are only shown in a highly schematic form. A second row of seats 68 of the motor vehicle 10 is arranged longitudinally x behind the driver's seat 64 and the passenger seat 66. A third row of seats 12 is arranged longitudinally x behind this second row of seats 68, which is also shown in Fig. 1 As shown. In particular, in the case of such a motor vehicle 10, which, for example, has seven seats usable by vehicle occupants of the motor vehicle 10, the mounting of the loading floor 14 described here is advantageous in the open position.

[0061] Overall, the examples show how a removable loading floor 14 can be provided for a cargo space 18 or trunk of a motor vehicle 10, which can be set up and which can be fixed or secured in the set-up position or open position.

Claims

1. Motor vehicle with a loading floor (14) which can be moved from a closed position, in which the loading floor (14) conceals a space (20) arranged below the loading floor (14) in the vertical direction (z) of the motor vehicle (10), to an open position, in which the space (20) is accessible, and with a holding device (30) for holding the loading floor (14) in the open position, wherein the holding device (30) comprises at least one guide device (32), wherein, by moving the loading floor (14) into the open position, at least one bearing element (38) of the loading floor (14) can be moved along the at least one guide device (32) to an end position (42) in which the at least one bearing element (38) is arranged lower in the vertical direction (z) of the motor vehicle (10) than when the loading floor (14) is in the closed position, wherein the at least one bearing element (38) can be moved by rotation about a pivot axis of the loading floor (14) from a starting position, which the at least one bearing element (38) occupies in the closed position of the loading floor (14), into an intermediate position (40), from which the at least one bearing element (38) can be moved into the end position (42), and wherein an end section (34) of the at least one guide device (32), along which the at least one bearing element (38) can be moved from the intermediate position (40) to the end position (42), forms an acute angle (28) with the vertical direction (z) of the motor vehicle (10), characterized in that the loading floor (14) forms the acute angle (28) with the vertical direction (z) of the motor vehicle (10) when the loading floor (14) is in the open position, wherein the holding device (30) comprises at least one support element (56) spaced apart from the at least one guide device (32), against which support element a top face (16) of the loading floor (14) bears when the at least one bearing element (38) is moved into the end position (42).

2. Motor vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one bearing element (38) can be moved from the starting position along the at least one guide device (32) in the longitudinal direction (x) of the motor vehicle (10) to the intermediate position (40) by rotating the loading floor (14) about the pivot axis, wherein the at least one bearing element (38) is closer to a rear end (26) of the motor vehicle (10) in the starting position than in the intermediate position (40).

3. Motor vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a free end region (58) of the loading floor (14), which, in the closed position of the loading floor (14), is closer to a front end (52) of the motor vehicle (10) than to a rear end (26) of the motor vehicle (10), is spaced apart from an end region (60) of the at least one support element (56) that is close to the loading floor (14) during the movement of the at least one bearing element (38) from the starting position to the intermediate position (40).

4. Motor vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one guide device (32) has at least one detent threshold (44) which must be overcome when moving the at least one bearing element (38) from the starting position to the intermediate position (40).

5. Motor vehicle according to claim 4, characterized in that the at least one bearing element (38) has a non-slip coating (46), at least in a contact area in which the at least one bearing element (38) is in contact with boundary walls (48, 50) of the at least one guide device (32) during the movement from the starting position to the intermediate position (40), which coating is designed to support overcoming the at least one detent threshold (44).

6. Motor vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one bearing element (38) is received in the starting position in a detent recess (36) of the at least one guide device (32) and / or the at least one bearing element (38) is in the form of a bearing pin, by which the pivot axis of the loading floor (14) is provided.

7. Motor vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the motor vehicle (10) has a second row of seats (68) arranged in the longitudinal direction (x) of the motor vehicle (10) behind a driver's seat (64) and a passenger seat (66) and a third row of seats (12) arranged behind the second row of seats (68), wherein the loading floor (14) is arranged behind the third row of seats (12).

8. Method for moving a loading floor (14) of a motor vehicle (10) from a closed position, in which the loading floor (14) conceals a space (20) arranged in the vertical direction (z) of the motor vehicle (10) below the loading floor (14), into an open position, in which the space (20) is accessible, and in which a holding device (30) of the motor vehicle (10) holds the loading floor (14) in the open position, wherein the holding device (30) comprises at least one guide device (32), wherein, by moving the loading floor (14) into the open position, at least one bearing element (38) of the loading floor (14) is moved along the at least one guide device (32) into an end position (42), in which the at least one bearing element (38) is arranged lower in the vertical direction (z) of the motor vehicle (10) than when the loading floor (14) is in the closed position, wherein the at least one bearing element (38) is moved by rotation about a pivot axis of the loading floor (14) from a starting position, which the at least one bearing element (38) occupies in the closed position of the loading floor (14), to an intermediate position (40), from which the at least one bearing element (38) is moved to the end position (42), and wherein an end section (34) of the at least one guide device (32), along which the at least one bearing element (38) is moved from the intermediate position (40) to the end position (42), forms an acute angle (28) with the vertical direction (z) of the motor vehicle (10), characterized in that the loading floor (14) forms the acute angle (28) with the vertical direction (z) of the motor vehicle (10) when the loading floor (14) is in the open position, wherein the holding device (30) comprises at least one support element (56) spaced apart from the at least one guide device (32), against which support element a top face (16) of the loading floor (14) bears when the at least one bearing element (38) is moved into the end position (42).