Arrangement for securing vehicle tools

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10167032-B2
Application number	US-201615239941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2016
Priority date	Feb 20, 2014
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

An arrangement is composed of an elastic to highly elastic tool carrier which has a number of cavities that protrude from the tool carrier and are formed preferably integrally therewith. The cavities have pocket-like receiving spaces which are configured to hold vehicle tools. The cavities are configured and arranged in pairs such that in each case one end-side tool portion can be introduced into and removed from, in each case, one of the pocket-like receptacles of the cavities. During the introduction and removal of the tools, the cavities can be moved or elastically displaced, on account of their elasticity, from a storage position (starting position) into an insertion or removal position (displaced position), such that the respectively other end of the tool slips out of or can be removed from the pocket-like receptacle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An arrangement for a motor vehicle seat for receiving one or more vehicle tools, the arrangement comprising:
a tool carrier which is made from at least one elastically deformable material and has a plurality of cavities with, in each case, one plug-in opening for inserting a section of a vehicle tool into a receiving space of the cavity, the tool carrier being at least one of integral with a seat shell of the seat and configured to conform to an underside surface of the seat shell, wherein the cavities are movable from a storage position into a plug-in or removal position on account of their elasticity, an outer enveloping shape of the cavities is of an either parallelepiped-shaped, cylindrical or partially cylindrical configuration and has a circumferential section and a bottom section, and in each case, one cavity pair comprising two cavities which are spaced apart from one another is provided for one or more of the vehicle tools, the pairs being arranged with respect to one another such that their plug-in openings are oriented at an angle between 0° and 90° with respect to one another.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the cavities are formed in one piece with the tool carrier.

3. The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the material of the tool carriers and the cavities are formed from a molded foam, preferably from a soft integral foam.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the tool carrier and the cavities are formed from a molded foam, preferably from a soft integral foam.

5. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the molded foam is a soft integral foam, a highly elastic foam, or a visco-elastic polyurethane foam.

6. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein, in each case, one cavity pair comprising two cavities which are spaced apart from one another is provided for one or more of the vehicle tools, the pairs being arranged with respect to one another such that their plug-in openings are oriented at an angle between 0° and 90° with respect to one another.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the cavities project as cup-shaped elevations on an insertion and removal side of the arrangement.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more vehicle tools, wherein the one or more vehicle tools are plugged with at least one end-side tool section into one receiving space of a plug-in opening of a cavity and are fixed by the elastic material of the cavity which surrounds the tool section.

9. An arrangement for a motor vehicle seat for receiving one or more vehicle tools, the arrangement comprising:
a tool carrier which is made from at least one elastically deformable material and has a plurality of cavities with, in each case, one plug-in opening for inserting a section of a vehicle tool into a receiving space of the cavity,
wherein
the cavities are movable from a storage position into a plug-in or removal position on account of their elasticity,
the cavities project as cup-shaped elevations on an insertion and removal side of the arrangement, and
an outer enveloping shape of the cavities which project out of the tool carrier is of an either parallelepiped-shaped, cylindrical or partially cylindrical configuration and has a circumferential section and a bottom section.

10. The arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein one or more of the plug-in openings along the respective circumferential section of the cavity is configured in said circumferential direction in a region of more than 20% of the entire circumference.

11. The arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein the region is between 40% and 60% of the entire circumference.

12. An arrangement for a motor vehicle seat for receiving one or more vehicle tools, the arrangement comprising:
a tool carrier which is made from at least one elastically deformable material and has a plurality of cavities with, in each case, one plug-in opening for inserting a section of a vehicle tool into a receiving space of the cavity, and
one or more vehicle tools,
wherein
the cavities are movable from a storage position into a plug-in or removal position on account of their elasticity,
the one or more vehicle tools are plugged with at least one end-side tool section into one receiving space of a plug-in opening of a cavity and are fixed by the elastic material of the cavity which surrounds the tool section, and
the one or more vehicle tools are plugged with both end-side tool sections into, in each case, one receiving space of a plug-in opening.

13. A seat for a powered two-wheel vehicle, comprising:
a seat shell; and
a vehicle tool receiving arrangement on the seat shell, the vehicle tool receiving arrangement comprising:
forming a tool carrier which is made from at least one elastically deformable material and has a plurality of cavities with, in each case, one plug-in opening for inserting a section of a vehicle tool into a receiving space of the cavity, wherein
the cavities are movable from a storage position into a plug-in or removal position on account of their elasticity
an outer enveloping shape of the cavities is of an either parallelepiped-shaped, cylindrical or partially cylindrical configuration and has a circumferential section and a bottom section,
one pair of two cavities which are spaced apart from one another is provided, in each case, for one or more of a plurality of vehicle tools, and
the plug-in openings of the pair of cavities are oriented at an angle between 0° and 90° with respect of one another.

14. The seat according to claim 13 , wherein
an orientation of the one pair of two cavities is configured in a longitudinal direction of the seat.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Wolfmueller Hans
• Wamser Rainer

Classifications

• B25H3/022 Primary

  in fixed relationship · CPC title

• B62J9/26

  to the saddle, e.g. saddle bags · CPC title

• B62J11/22

  specially adapted for tools (containers for tools B62J9/40) · CPC title

• B62J9/40

  specially adapted for tools or spare parts · CPC title

• B60R11/06

  for tools or spare parts (for vehicle roof parts B60J7/20; for spare wheels B62D) · CPC title