Roll cover assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9573527-B2
Application number	US-201514602614-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2015
Priority date	Jan 22, 2014
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

A roll cover assembly for covering a cargo space of a vehicle includes a cassette housing an extendable/retractable roll cover, a first receptacle adjacent a first side wall of the cargo space and having a channel configured to slidably guide a first end of the cassette during insertion or removal, a second receptacle adjacent a second side wall of the cargo space and having an opening configured to receive a second end of the cassette and permit pivoting of the cassette about the second end during removal of the first end from the first receptacle, a locking mechanism releasably locking the first end of the cassette into the first receptacle, and a release device actuatable to release the locking mechanism by pulling along a line-of-action parallel with a direction in which the first end of the cassette moves during removal from the first receptacle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly comprising:
a cassette for a roll cover extendable to cover a vehicle cargo space and having an end removably engageable with a receptacle of the vehicle adjacent the cargo space; and
a rack-and-pinion locking mechanism retaining the end in the receptacle and releasable by pulling a handle to withdraw a latching member from engagement with a recess provided in the receptacle, the handle connected to a rotatable carrier connected to the pinion with a common axis of rotation, and the handle connected to the carrier at a point with a distance from the common axis that is greater than a radius of the pinion at an interface with a rack of the rack-and-pinion mechanism.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the handle is a flexible member.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the handle is connected to the carrier at a location closer to a lower surface of the cassette than an upper surface of the cassette.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Murray Andrew John
• Craven Richard
• Berry Daniel
• Neugebauer James

Classifications

• B60R5/047 Primary

  collapsible by rolling-up · CPC title

• B60P7/00

  Securing or covering of load on vehicles ({immobilising the load during lifting a loading platform B60P1/4457}; for railway vehicles B61D45/00) · CPC title

• A47G5/02

  Roll-up screens · CPC title

• E06B9/80

  Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling (securing devices or arrangements for direct manual operation E06B9/78) · CPC title

• E06B9/08

  Roll-type closures (roller blinds E06B9/40; operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures E06B9/56; usable only as awnings E04F10/06) · CPC title