CN1025601C

CN1025601C - Luggage carrier support stanchion

Info

Publication number: CN1025601C
Application number: CN90104172A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 克雷格·埃·斯特普尔顿
Original assignee: HURON/ST CLAIR Inc
Current assignee: HURON/ST CLAIR Inc; Huron St Clair Inc
Priority date: 1989-06-07
Filing date: 1990-06-07
Publication date: 1994-08-10
Anticipated expiration: 2005-06-07
Also published as: DE4018178A1; AU632817B2; CA2018357A1; CN1047831A; IT220785Z2; KR910000431A; DE4018178C2; KR920009124B1; AU5591190A; SE9001923L; GB2232943B; IT9035803U1; CA2018357C; GB2232943A; JPH03164342A; SE9001923D0; GB9011393D0; FR2648093B1; FR2648093A1; JP2564032B2

Abstract

The present invention relates to support columns for a vehicle luggage rack. The support columns can provide smooth aerodynamic form, and simultaneously avoid the fastening element of the support column from being exposed on the outside. The support columns are used for supporting the luggage rack frame above the vehicle surface, and at least a fastening element is used for fixing the support columns on the vehicle surface. Each support column is provided with a bottom seat directly arranged on the vehicle surface and a cover arranged on the bottom seat to cover the fastening element and the interior of the support column. The bottom seat is provided with holes, which are suitable for jointing keys formed on the cover, and jointing the long groove of the collars on the cover. After the cover is well arranged, the support columns have smooth and complete appearance.

Description

Luggage carrier support stanchion

The baggage rack that the present invention relates to use on the vehicle, bright specifically, relate to the pillar of baggage rack, it has a smooth aerodynamic force shape, and this is that lid by a fast interlock forms, and this lid covers securing device and constitutes the upper surface of pillar.

Be installed in typical baggage rack on the vehicle end face and have a pack support side direction railing and end rail are supported on the surface of vehicle top, spaced apart.Pillar is to be fixed on the surface of vehicle by one group of fastener that passes Body of pillar.Therefore, outside fastener is exposed to, and through hole has also influenced the attractive in appearance and aerodynamic characteristics of baggage rack.Because aesthstic and aerodynamics becomes the Consideration that becomes more and more important in vehicle design, described not having as higher profile annexes such as baggage racks decreased in these Considerations.

Once thereby the someone proposed to protect fastener with access door or lid as the part of Zhi Zhubi.But this structure has been sacrificed the manufacturing factor, particularly when adopting moulding.This in addition access door or lid may flick or lose.

U.S. Pat-4, disclose a kind of vehicle luggage carrier support stanchion in 279,368, it is suitable for being fixed on the railing of surface of vehicle with supporting surface of vehicle top, this pillar has a base, and the fastener that uses at least one to pass therethrough is fixed on surface of vehicle with base; This pillar also has a lid, thereby it is fixed in described base formation Body of pillar removably, and is simultaneously that above-mentioned at least one fastener is hidden.In this pillar, also very not easy in the time of will covering the location and be installed on the base.

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of vehicle luggage pillar, it is not only more attractive in appearance with the hidden pillar that makes of fastener, improved aerodynamic feature, and covered and can locate on base easily and install, the lid that is set to of convex ridge provides additional support in addition.

According to vehicle luggage carrier support stanchion of the present invention, it is suitable for being fixed at least one railing of surface of vehicle with supporting surface of vehicle top, this pillar has a base, uses the fastener that passes therethrough that this base is fixed on the surface of vehicle, and this pillar also has a lid.Thereby be fixed on its removable jew and constitute Body of pillar on the described base, simultaneously that described fastener is hidden, it is characterized in that: described base has the one group of hole that forms along first periphery, an and convex ridge that forms along described base second periphery, described have on protruding one to go up groove, described lid has and forms along first periphery, one group of locking key corresponding to described one group of hole of described base, an and long flange that forms along second periphery of described lid, therefore, described locking key is bonded in the corresponding hole, and described long flange then is bonded in the described groove of described base, forms described pillar on the described base so that removable jew ground is fixed on described lid.

From the detailed description of following contrast accompanying drawing, can recognize other purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage.

The contrast accompanying drawing is read following detailed description to preferred embodiment of the present invention, can have more fully the present invention to understand, the identical in the accompanying drawings identical part of label representative.

Fig. 1 is equipped with the vehicle block diagram that adopts baggage rack of the present invention;

Contrast Fig. 2 to 6 now.Corbeling of the present invention generally has and is directly installed on base 26 on the surface of vehicle 12 and removable jew by fastener 28 and is fixed on lid 30 on the base 26, lid 30 provides whole profiles of pillar 20, inner structure and fastener 28 with base 26 covers up simultaneously, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, base 26 and lid 30 all have tongue piece 32, extend so that pack side direction railing 22 ordinatedly into, so that be fixed on the side direction railing 22 from an end of pillar 20.

Base 26 is thin-and-long substantially, and its periphery comprises first lateral margin 34, the second lateral margins, 36, the first ora terminalis 38 and second ora terminalis 40, and tongue piece 32 extends out from second ora terminalis 40.Along at least one surrounding edge, on base 26, form one group of groove 42 spaced apart from each other.In a preferred embodiment, groove 42 distributes along first lateral margin 34 of base 26 and second ora terminalis 38 with being spaced from each other.Base 26 also comprises at least one, best three convex ridges that extend along base 26 length substantially.First convex ridge 44 preferably forms along second lateral margin 36 along at least one periphery of base 26, and a central convex ridge 46 forms in the middle of base 26, and the 3rd convex ridge 48 forms in groove 42 inboards along first lateral margin 34.These convex ridges provide supporting for covering 30, just are placed on the top of these convex ridges when being contained on the base 26 when covering 30.

One elongated slot that extends along its length is substantially arranged on first convex ridge of periphery.Central authorities' convex ridge 46 is fluted 52, and the hole 54 of accepting fastener 28 is arranged in groove 52.The height of the 3rd convex ridge 48 covers 30 wedge shape less than the height of other convex ridge to adapt to.

Lid 30 also matches with base 26 shapes for thin-and-long substantially.In a preferred embodiment, lid 30 is made by flexiplast, therefore, cover 30 pliable and tough be enough to be engaged on the base 26, similar to base 26, lid 30 has first lateral margin, 56, the second lateral margins 58, first ora terminalis 60 and second ora terminalis 62, tongue piece 32 extends from second ora terminalis 62.Lid 30 comprises one group of at least one periphery along lid 30, the locking key 64 that forms along first lateral margin 56 and first ora terminalis 60 preferably, the number of locking key 64 is corresponding to the number of groove 42 on the base 26, and key 64 extends downwards so that be combined together with groove 42 from covering 34, will describe below this point.Each key 64 all has a shoulder 66 to be withdrawed from from groove 42 to stop key 64.The cavity structure of key 64 helps key 64 locking type insertion grooves 42.

Article one, flange 68 is used for being positioned in the groove 50 of base 26 along forming at least one of the lid 30 different edge.In a preferred embodiment, flange 68 be form along second lateral margin 58 and extend internally from second lateral margin 58, the flange 68 basic length of second lateral margins 58 of extending are so that be fixed on the edge of base 26.

Be contained on the base 26 in order to cover 30,, key 64 aimed at corresponding groove 42 in case after using fastener 28 to be fixed on base 26 on the surface of vehicle 12, promptly lid 30 is placed on the base 26.Because lid 30 elasticity, can easily depress and cover 30 and, and make and be arranged in convex ridge 44 top flanges 68 and be engaged in elongated slot 50 key 64 insertion grooves 42, perhaps first key 64 is bonded in the groove 42, then flange 68 was prized convex ridge 44 and entered in the groove 50.Therefore fastener 28 can be covered up, for pillar 20 provides a smooth integral type profile.

Preceding detailed description is just for ease of understanding the present invention, and is not limitation of the invention, the scope of the present invention and the essence that do not deviate from claims because those skilled in the art can do some variation and limited.

Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of pillar of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the lateral plan that is contained in the pillar on the surface of vehicle;

Fig. 4 is the top view of pillar of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the end elevation of pillar;

Fig. 6 is the pillar cutaway view along Figure 46-6 line.

Figure 1 shows that a vehicle baggage rack 10 of the present invention, baggage rack 10 is contained on the surface 12 of a vehicle 14, generally has the perimeter frame 16 of blocking Loaded goods and one group of long and narrow lath 18 depositing Loaded goods.Though as shown in the figure, baggage rack 10 is to be contained on the top of vehicle 14, also can be installed on the surface of any basic horizontal and be used for transporting luggage or similar articles.In the illustrated embodiment, the shape of framework 16 is rectangular substantially, is fixed on the surface 12 by the four basic pillars of inventing 20.Pillar 20 bearer frames 16, away from surface of vehicle 12 1 segment distances, the surface 12 has a pair of side direction railing 22 to be fixed between pillar 20 and the front rail 24, and front rail 24 can be regularly or is connected in side direction railing 22 movably.Pillar 20 is fixed on the surface of vehicle 12, but the device that will be used for fastening pillar 20 covers up to increase aerodynamic characteristics and aesthetic property.

Claims

1, a kind of vehicle luggage carrier support stanchion, it is suitable for being fixed at least one railing of surface of vehicle with supporting surface of vehicle top, and this pillar has:

A base uses the fastener that passes therethrough this base to be fixed on the surface of vehicle; And

A lid, thus its removable jew is hidden with described fastener simultaneously being fixed in described base formation Body of pillar, it is characterized in that:

Described base has the one group of hole that forms along first periphery, and along the convex ridge that described base second periphery forms, an elongated slot is arranged on the described flange, and

Described lid has and forms along first periphery, one group of locking key corresponding to described one group of hole of described base, an and long flange that forms along second periphery of described lid, therefore, described locking key is bonded in the corresponding hole, described long flange then is bonded in the described groove of described base, forms described pillar on the described base so that removable jew ground is fixed on described lid.

2, according to the described pillar of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described one group of hole comprises the groove that forms along an ora terminalis of first lateral margin and described base, and described convex ridge to be second lateral margin along described base form.

3, according to the described pillar of claim 2, it is characterized in that: described one group of locking key is to form along first lateral margin of described lid and an ora terminalis, and described flange is along forming on the inside face of second lateral margin of described lid, thereby described locking key is bonded in the cooresponding groove, and surmounting described convex ridge, described flange is bonded in the described elongated slot, so that described lid is fixed on the described base.

4, according to the described pillar of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described base has three substantially parallel convex ridges so that the supporting to described lid to be provided.

5, according to the described pillar of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described base and described lid have the tongue piece that is bonded in railing of baggage rack with being suitable for formula, and described pillar keeps and surface of vehicle spaced positions relation the above-mentioned railing on the baggage rack.