US Patent 7273304 End region of a vehicle with a lid

A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle end region having lights and having a pivotable lid for closing a vehicle interior space. The pivotable lid has given regions which cover at least some of the lights when the pivotable lid is in a closed position and the pivotable lid is pivoted away from the lights when it is in an open position. The given regions of the pivotable lid have an interior side and an exterior side and are at least semi-transparent such that the given regions are configured to transmit light from the interior side to the exterior side.