Reversible load floor for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10155486-B2
Application number	US-201615176894-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2016
Priority date	Jun 8, 2016
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

A reversible load floor is provided for a motor vehicle. The reversible load floor includes a body having a first user surface and a second user surface wherein the first user surface is opposed to the second user surface.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A reversible load floor for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a body including a first user surface and a second user surface wherein said first user surface is opposed to said second user surface;
a first partition pivotally connected by a first hinge to said first user surface; and
a second partition pivotally connected by a second hinge to said first user surface.

2. The reversible load floor of claim 1 , wherein said first hinge is a locking hinge.

3. The reversible load floor of claim 2 , wherein said first partition is displaceable between a stowed position flat against said first user surface and a deployed position projecting upwardly from said first user surface.

4. The reversible load floor of claim 3 , further including a fastener releasably securing said first partition in said stowed position.

5. The reversible load floor of claim 4 , wherein said fastener is a hook and loop fastener.

6. The reversible load floor of claim 5 , further including a third partition connected by a third hinge to said first user surface.

7. The reversible load floor of claim 6 , further including a fourth partition connected by a fourth hinge to said first user surface.

8. The reversible load floor of claim 7 , wherein said first partition and said second partition are inboard and offset from said third partition and said fourth partition.

9. The reversible load floor of claim 8 , further including a fifth partition deployed perpendicular to said first partition, said second partition, said third partition and said fourth partition.

10. The reversible load floor of claim 9 , wherein a first face of said fifth partition is oriented toward said first partition and said second partition and a second face of said fifth partition is oriented toward said third partition and said fourth partition.

11. The reversible load floor of claim 10 , wherein said body includes a first floor covering at said first user surface and a second floor covering at said second user surface.

12. The reversible load floor of claim 11 , wherein said first floor covering is a first carpet layer.

13. The reversible load floor of claim 12 , wherein said second floor covering is a second carpet layer.

14. The reversible load floor of claim 13 , wherein said second user surface is flat.

15. The reversible load floor of claim 1 , wherein said body includes a first floor covering at said first user surface and a second floor covering at said second user surface.

16. The reversible load floor of claim 15 , wherein said first floor covering is a first carpet layer.

17. The reversible load floor of claim 16 , wherein said second floor covering is a second carpet layer.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Navarrete Cecilia Acuna
• Clamont Bello Claudio Alberto

Classifications

• B60R5/04

  arranged at rear of vehicle {(B60R5/003, B60R5/006 take precedence; external trunks arranged at rear of vehicle B60R9/065)} · CPC title

• B60P7/0892

  by preventing lateral movement of the load, e.g. using stop blocks · CPC title

• B60R13/013 Primary

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

• B62D33/02

  Platforms; Open load compartments {(flat wagons including posts or standards B61D3/08)} · CPC title

• B60R5/00

  Compartments within vehicle body primarily intended or sufficiently spacious for trunks, suit-cases, or the like (primarily intended for stowing loads in load-transporting vehicles B60P; arrangements for stowing spare wheels B62D43/00) · CPC title