Layout system for cargo area of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9738226-B2
Application number	US-201615079102-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2016
Priority date	Mar 30, 2015
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

A layout system for a cargo area of a vehicle includes a divider and cargo side-trims. The divider includes a first rod, a second rod, and a screen. The cargo side-trims are installed in the vehicle to form sidewalls of the cargo area. The cargo side-trims include rails that include guide rail portions and rail-side securing portions. The guide rail portions are for guiding end portions of the first and the second rods along a front-rear direction of the vehicle. The guide rail portions include horizontal portion and extending portions that extend from the respective horizontal portions toward a lower rear of the vehicle. The rail-side securing portions are connected to the guide rail portions, respectively. The rail-side securing portions are for holding the end portions of the first and the second rods to secure the first and the second rods to the cargo side-trims.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A layout system for a cargo area of a vehicle, the system comprising:
a divider comprising: a first rod, a second rod, and a screen having flexibility and being hung between the first rod and the second rod; and
a pair of cargo side-trims installed in the vehicle to form sidewalls of the cargo area comprising rails, the rails comprising:
guide rail portions for guiding end portions of the first and the second rods at least along a font-rear direction of the vehicle, the guide rail portions including horizontal portions and extending portions extending from the respective horizontal portions toward a lower rear of the vehicle;
rail-side securing portions connected to the guide rail portions, respectively, the rail-side securing portions for holding the end portions of the first and the second rods to secure the first and the second rods to the cargo side-trims.

2. The layout system according to claim 1 , wherein
the rail-side securing portions comprising:
front securing portions connected to the horizontal portions, respectively, the front securing portions for holding the end portions of the first rod and the second rod for securing the first rod and the second rod to the cargo side-trims; and
rear securing portions connected to the extending portions, respectively, the rear securing portions for holding the end portions of the first rod and the second rod for securing the first rod and the second rod to the cargo side-trims.

3. The layout system according to claim 2 , wherein
the cargo side-trims further comprising lower securing portions, respectively,
the lower securing portions are for holding at least the end portions of the second rod for securing at least the second rod to the cargo side-trims,
at least the front securing portions comprises multiple holders, respectively,
the holders are for holding the end portions of the first and the second rods for holding the divider in a horizontal position, and
the lower securing portions are for holding the end portions of the second rod, respectively, while the end portions of the first rod is held with the rail-side securing portions for holding the divider in a vertical position.

4. The layout system according to claim 3 , wherein
the rails further comprise stoppers for restricting the end portions of the first and the second rods from moving out of the holders, and
the stoppers are located above the holders.

5. The layout system according to claim 4 , wherein
each of the holders includes a sloped wall and a bottom wall,
the sloped wall is connected to the corresponding guide rail portion and sloped relative to the front-rear direction of the vehicle,
the bottom wall is connected to a lower end of the sloped wall and includes a surface for holding one of the end portions of the first and the second rods thereon, and
at least one of the stoppers is arranged opposite the sloped wall.

6. The layout system according to claim 5 , wherein
each of the holders includes a front wall that extends upward from a front edge of the bottom wall, and
the at least one of the stoppers projects from an upper end of the front wall toward the sloped wall.

7. The layout system according to claim 5 , further comprising a protrusion formed on the surface of the bottom wall adjacent to the lower end of the sloped wall.

8. The layout system according to claim 3 , wherein
the cargo side-trims include flat portions,
the guide rail portions include sidewalls, top walls, bottom walls, and front walls,
the sidewalls, the top walls, and the bottom walls of the guide rail portions extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle,
the top walls and the bottom walls of the guide rail portions project from the flat portions toward an outer side of the vehicle and the sidewalls of the guide rail portions are connected between the respective top walls of the guide rail portions and the respective bottom walls of the guide rail portions to form grooves in the flat portions, respectively,
the rails include boundary protrusions, respectively,
each of the boundary protrusions includes a rail-side sloped wall and a securing portion-side sloped wall,
the rail-side sloped wall faces the guide rail portion and slopes from the corresponding guide rail portion down toward an inner side of the vehicle, and
the securing portion-side sloped wall faces the securing portion and slopes from a distal end of the rail-side sloped wall down toward the outer side of the vehicle.

9. The layout system according to claim 4 , wherein
the cargo side-trims include flat portions,
the guide rail portions include sidewalls, top walls, bottom walls, and front walls,
the sidewalls, the top walls, and the bottom walls of the guide rail portions extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle,
the top walls and the bottom walls of the guide rail portions project from the flat portions toward an outer side of the vehicle and the sidewalls of the guide rail portions are connected between the respective top walls of the guide rail portions and the respective bottom walls of the guide rail portions to form grooves in the flat portions, respectively,
the rails include boundary protrusions, respectively,
each of the boundary protrusions includes a rail-side sloped wall and a securing portion-side sloped wall,
the rail-side sloped wall faces the guide rail portion and slopes from the corresponding guide rail potion down toward an inner side of the vehicle, and
the securing portion-side sloped wall faces the securing portion and slopes from a distal end of the rail-side sloped wall down toward the outer side of the vehicle.

10. The layout system according to claim 9 , wherein
the sidewalls of the guide rail portions include upper portions and lower portions that are located on the outer side of the vehicle than the respective upper portions,
the stoppers are portions of the sidewalls of the guide rail portions including upper ends of the portions connected to lower ends of the respective upper portions of the sidewalls of the guide rail portions and lower ends connected to upper ends of the respective lower portions,
the first rod is a tension rod and held between the cargo side-trims with tension applied to the first rod in a width direction of the vehicle,
the holders comprise sidewalls that extend upward from sides of the respective bottom walls of the holders on the outer side of the vehicle to lower ends of the lower portions of the sidewalls of the guide rail portions,
each of the lower portions of the sidewalls of each of the guide rail portions and each of the sidewalls of each of the holders have dimensions measuring in the vertical direction such that a sum of the dimensions is about equal to an outer diameter of each of the end portions of the first rod,
the rails comprise holding spaces each being defined at least by one of the stoppers, the lower portion of one of the sidewalls of the guide rail portions, the sidewall of corresponding one of the holders, and the bottom wall of the corresponding one of the holders, and
the holding spaces are for holding the respective ends of the first rod that is extended when moved from the guide rail portions to the holding spaces.

11. The layout system according to claim 9 , wherein the stoppers comprise surfaces that slope from the lower ends of the upper portions of the sidewalls of the respective guide rail portions to the upper ends of the lower portions of the sidewalls of the respective guide rail portions.

12. The layout system according to claim 1 , wherein the guide rail portions include linear protrusions that protrude from the sidewalls of the respe

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk
• Toyota Jidoshokki Kk

Inventors

• Kamada Kurato
• Saito Masanori
• Tsuji Masashi
• Niimi Hirokazu
• Natsume Yoshikazu

Classifications

• B60R21/06

  Safety nets, transparent sheets, curtains, or the like, e.g. between occupants and glass ({B60R21/026} , B60R21/11, B60R21/12, B60R21/16 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60R5/047 Primary

  collapsible by rolling-up · CPC title

• B60R7/005

  Nets or elastic pockets tensioned against walls or backrests · CPC title

• B60R5/048 Primary

  of accordion-type, i.e. collapsible by sliding and folding · CPC title