Movable loading floor for a motor vehicle trunk

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10017212-B2
Application number	US-201514946942-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2015
Priority date	Nov 21, 2014
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

A movable loading floor for a trunk of a motor vehicle has an upper surface, defining a support for luggage or other objects, and a lower surface adapted to be arranged in a position facing a bottom floor of the trunk. The loading floor is provided with a rear portion having a through opening, which has a size and shape for allowing a user to insert a hand into the through opening for grasping the rear portion. The loading floor is provided with a band which, in an inoperative configuration, closes the through opening. At least one rear portion of the band is elastically deformable so as to downwardly deform under the pressure of the hand of the user and therefore to define a passage with respect to a rear edge of the through opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A movable loading floor for a trunk of a motor vehicle; the loading floor having an upper surface, defining a support for luggage or other objects, and a lower surface adapted to be arranged in a position facing a bottom floor of said trunk; the loading floor comprising a rear portion having a through opening, which has a size and shape for allowing a user to insert a hand through said through opening for grasping said rear portion;
characterized by comprising a band, which, in an inoperative configuration, closes said through opening; at least one rear portion of said band being elastically deformable so as to downwardly deform under the pressure of said hand and therefore to define a passage with respect to a rear edge of the said through opening, wherein the band is a stretchable fabric band.

2. The loading floor according to claim 1 , characterized in that said band is uniformly elastic.

3. The loading floor according to claim 1 , characterized in that said band is arranged at a lower end of said through opening.

4. The loading floor according to claim 3 , characterized in that said band has a front edge, which is opposite to said rear portion and is unrestrained.

5. The loading floor according to claim 1 , characterized by comprising:
at least one panel having a seat concentric with said through opening along an axis;
a handle comprising a frame, which is fixed to said panel and defines said through opening;
connecting means which couple said band directly to said frame.

6. The loading floor according to claim 5 , characterized in that said connecting means comprise:
two holes, which are made through said frame and on opposite sides of said through opening; and
two plates, which are relatively rigid and are fixed to respective lateral ends of said band;
the shape and size of said holes and of said plates are such so as to allow the insertion of an edge of said plates into said holes and prevent the exiting of said plates after said plates have passed through the holes and have been rotated by about 90°.

7. The loading floor according to claim 5 , characterized in that said frame is constituted by an upper element and by a lower element, which are aligned along said axis and are arranged, respectively, above and below said panel.

8. The loading floor according to claim 5 , characterized in that said frame comprises a front wall and a rear wall, which face each other so as to delimit frontwardly and rearwardly said through opening and cover an edge of said seat; at least one of said front and rear walls being inclined with respect to said axis with a rearward facing orientation, leading from top to bottom.

9. A movable loading floor for a trunk of a motor vehicle; the loading floor having an upper surface, defining a support for luggage or other objects, and a lower surface adapted to be arranged in a position facing a bottom floor of said trunk; the loading floor comprising:
a rear portion having a through opening, which has a size and shape for allowing a user to insert a hand through said through opening for grasping said rear portion,
at least one panel having a seat concentric with said through opening along an axis,
a handle comprising a frame, which is fixed to said panel and defines said through opening, wherein said frame comprises a front wall and a rear wall, which face each other so as to delimit frontwardly and rearwardly said through opening and cover an edge of said seat; at least one of said front and rear walls being inclined with respect to said axis with a rearward facing orientation, leading from top to bottom,
connecting means which couple said band directly to said frame, and
a band, which, in an inoperative configuration, closes said through opening; at least one rear portion of said band being elastically deformable so as to downwardly deform under the pressure of said hand and therefore to define a passage with respect to a rear edge of the said through opening.

10. The loading floor according to claim 9 , characterized in that said band is uniformly elastic.

11. The loading floor according to claim 9 , characterized in that said band is arranged at a lower end of said through opening.

12. The loading floor according to claim 11 , characterized in that said band has a front edge, which is opposite to said rear portion and is unrestrained.

13. The loading floor according to claim 9 , characterized by comprising:
at least one panel having a seat concentric with said through opening along an axis;
a handle comprising a frame, which is fixed to said panel and defines said through opening; and
connecting means which couple said band directly to said frame.

14. The loading floor according to claim 13 , characterized in that said connecting means comprise:
two holes, which are made through said frame and on opposite sides of said through opening; and
two plates, which are relatively rigid and are fixed to respective lateral ends of said band;
the shape and size of said holes and of said plates are such so as to allow the insertion of an edge of said plates into said holes and prevent the exiting of said plates after said plates have passed through the holes and have been rotated by about 90°.

15. The loading floor according to claim 13 , characterized in that said frame is constituted by an upper element and by a lower element, which are aligned along said axis and are arranged, respectively, above and below said panel.

Assignees

• Fca Italy Spa

Inventors

• Cassiani Aldo

Classifications

• B60R11/00

  Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B60R13/013 Primary

  comprising removable or hinged parts, e.g. for accessing storage compartments · CPC title

• B62D25/2054 Primary

  Load carrying floors for commercial vehicles · CPC title

• B60R13/011

  for internal load compartments, e.g. car trunks · CPC title