Vehicle provided with a luggage compartment having a height-adjustable loading floor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9283896-B2
Application number	US-201314066462-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2013
Priority date	Oct 30, 2012
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle has a luggage compartment delimited, at the bottom, by a bottom floor and, at the rear, by a cross-beam defining an entry sill of the luggage compartment. The luggage compartment houses an additional loading floor that can be placed by a user in a lowered position, adjacent to the bottom floor, and in at least one raised position. The vehicle further has a retention member connected to a front end portion of the additional loading floor and to the cross-beam and has two flexible elongated elements connected to a rear end portion of the additional loading floor when the latter is placed in the lowered position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a luggage compartment accessible through a rear opening and delimited, at the bottom, by a bottom floor and, at the rear, by a transversal element defining a sill of said rear opening;
an additional height-adjustable loading floor, defined by a single panel for supporting luggage, that has an upper surface and is movable in said luggage compartment between a lowered position, adjacent to said bottom floor, and at least one raised position, spaced apart from said bottom floor;
retention means, separate from the additional loading floor, at least part of which is arranged above and substantially covers said upper surface of said additional loading floor, for securing luggage placed on said additional loading floor;
anchorage points for connecting said retention means in said luggage compartment;
wherein said anchorage points comprise:
a first anchorage point carried by a front end portion of said additional loading floor;
a second anchorage point carried by said transversal element;
a third anchorage point carried by a rear end portion of said additional loading floor.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said retention means comprise:
a front end connected to said first anchorage point;
a rear end connected to said second anchorage point;
an intermediate portion engaging said third anchorage point at least when said additional loading floor is placed in the lowered position.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein said intermediate portion is defined by at least two flexible elongated elements having respective rear ends that can be connected to said second anchorage point.

4. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein said retention means comprise a net; said flexible elongated elements extending from a rear edge of said net.

5. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein said third anchorage point and said second anchorage point are defined by respective anchorage elements, which are longitudinally aligned with each other.

6. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein said flexible elongated elements have a variable length.

7. The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the length of said flexible elongated elements is manually adjustable by means of respective buckles.

8. The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein said flexible elongated elements are elastic.

9. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein each of the rear ends of said flexible elongated elements support a respective first hook element that can be connected in a releasable manner to said second anchorage point; said flexible elongated elements comprising respective intermediate zones between said rear ends and said rear edge; said intermediate zones each supporting a respective second hook element that can be connected in a releasable manner to said second anchorage point.

10. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein said third anchorage point is defined by two passages, which are transversally spaced apart and are respectively engaged by said flexible elongated elements.

11. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein said passages have respective openings that enable the engagement and release of said flexible elongated elements.

12. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said third anchorage point is defined by two hook portions, which are transversally spaced apart and form part of said rear end portion.

13. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said second anchorage point is arranged on an upper surface of said transversal element.

Assignees

• Fiat Ricerche
• C R F Società Consortile Per Azioni

Inventors

• Murru Ivan Emanuel

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

• B60R5/045 Primary

  collapsible or transformable · CPC title