JP2002362431A - Vehicle loading platform structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle loading platform structure which is very simply handled and capable of constituted a multi-functional two-stage deck. SOLUTION: In this vehicle loading platform 1 with an upper part of a wheel house 3 protruded on each side of a floor 2, a first plate 4 located ahead of the wheel house 3 and fitted to the floor 2, etc., via a hinge 7 in a collapsible manner and a second plate 5 located between wheel houses 3 and having a narrow part are connected to each other via a hinge 6, the first plate 4 is collapsed on the floor 2, the second plate 5 is placed on the floor 2 to allow the first plate 4 and the second plate 5 to be flush with each other on the floor 2. When the first plate 4 is erected, the second plate 5 is placed on the wheel house 5 to constitute the second-stage deck with the floor 2 as a lower stage.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle carrier structure capable of forming a two-stage deck in a carrier or a cargo space.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a van type vehicle or the like having a luggage compartment behind a truck bed or a rear seat, the floor is lowered to effectively load the space of the bed or the luggage compartment and load more luggage. A fixed shelf is removably mounted above the floor, and the floor constitutes a two-stage deck.

[0003]

However, when loading a large form of load, the fixed shelf is disturbed and cannot be loaded, so that the shelf must be removed to cope with it. It takes a lot of time and effort to install the device, and handling is extremely troublesome. Also,
Although there is no place to store the removed shelves, it is convenient to increase the loading area by the two-stage deck, but there is inconvenience depending on the size of the luggage.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle carrier structure which is extremely simple to handle and has a multifunctional two-stage deck structure.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a vehicle bed having an upper part of a wheel house protruding on both sides of a floor, wherein a plate placed on the floor in a plane is provided. The plate includes a narrow portion located between the wheel houses and a wide portion located at least one of before and after the wheel house, and a rising portion connected via a hinge and standing on the floor. A lifting shelf that is in parallel with the floor, wherein the rising portion is mounted on the floor so as to be capable of falling, the lifting shelf is mountable on the wheel house, and the rising portion is When standing up, the lifting shelf is placed on the wheel house to form a load shelf above the floor.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of examples in which the present invention is applied to a small truck.

Embodiment 1 FIGS. 1 to 3 show Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a single cab bed. The upper portion of the wheel house 3 of the rear wheel protrudes from the bed 1 of the single cab at substantially the center in the front-rear direction on both sides of the floor 2. 4 is the first
It is a plate (start-up part). This first plate 4
Is a wide width in the vehicle width direction over the entire length between the left and right side panels 19, and the width D in the vehicle front-rear direction is arbitrary but smaller than the height C of the side panel 19. Reference numeral 5 denotes a second plate (lifting shelf). Since the second plate 5 is located between the wheel houses 3, a narrow portion of a notch 11 that escapes the wheel house 3 is formed on a part of both sides.

The rear end of the first plate 4 is connected to the front end of the second plate 5 via a hinge 6, and the front end of the first plate 4 is connected to the front end of the cargo bed, that is, the front of the wheel house 3. It is attached to the floor 2 and the like via a hinge 7 so as to be able to be turned upside down.

The second plate 5 is connected to the first plate 4
Is placed on the wheel house 3 when it stands up, and the wheel house 3 is used as a base to form a shelf. The second plate 5 is provided with a stopper pin 8 for maintaining the state of being mounted on the wheel house 3, and the wheel house 3 is provided with a hole (not shown) into which the stopper pin 8 is engaged. Further, it is desirable to provide a handle such as a grip hole 9 at a rear portion of the second plate 5 in order to facilitate an operation of lifting and lowering the second plate 5. A net 1 as a tailgate is provided at the rear end of the second plate 5.
It is also desirable to attach 0 and the like via a hinge so as to be able to stand and fold. By attaching the net 10 or the like, it is possible to prevent the load from slipping down due to acceleration of the vehicle or the like.

In the first embodiment having the above structure, the first plate 4 is placed on the floor 2 and the second plate 5 is placed on the floor 2 as shown by a virtual line in FIG. 1 and a solid line in FIG. Thus, the first plate 4 and the second plate 5 become flat on the floor 2 and form a single-stage deck on which large-sized packages can be loaded. In this case, the first plate 4 and the second plate 5 formed in a plane on the floor 2 cover the upper surface of the floor 2 and have a function as a cover for preventing the floor 2 from being damaged.

In the case of a two-stage deck, the second deck
By lifting the plate 5, the first plate 4 inevitably rises around the hinge 7 as a center of rotation, the second plate 5 moves in front of the carrier, and the narrow portion of the notch 11 is located in front of the wheel house 3. Then, the wide portion can be placed on the wheel house 3. Therefore, the wide portion of the second plate 5 is placed on the wheel house 3, and the stopper pins 8 are engaged with the holes of the wheel house 3 and fixed.

As a result, the second plate 5 becomes a two-stage deck in which a shelf corresponding to the protruding height D of the wheel house 3 is formed above the floor 2, and as shown in FIG. The space A above the second plate 5 in the range
In addition, small items can be loaded in the space B between the floor 2 and the second plate 5, and a large loading area can be obtained with a limited loading area.

The above description has been made in the case of a truck for loading and unloading luggage from the back of a luggage carrier. However, in the case of a walk-through vehicle having a luggage compartment behind a rear seat, such as a van type vehicle, the first plate 4 is provided. The second plate 5 is mounted on the wheel house so that it can be turned upside down via a hinge, and a two-stage deck including the floor and the second plate 5 is formed in the luggage compartment. Since it is formed in the shape of inverted U, the luggage entrance is facing the seat side, maintaining the function of a walk-through car that can load and unload luggage from the room, and a large loading area in a small luggage space can get.

[0013]

[Embodiment 2] FIG. 4 shows Embodiment 2 based on Embodiment 1 as a basic structure.
Is shown. In the second embodiment, the first plate 4 is located between the wheel houses 3, so that the first plate 4
The plate 4 has a width in the vehicle width direction corresponding to the width between the right and left wheel houses 3, and the second plate 5 has a width in the vehicle width direction without the notch 11 as in the first embodiment. Is wide across the entire length between the side panels 19.
The first plate 4 is mounted between the wheel houses 3 on the floor 2 or the like in front of or behind the wheel houses 3 via hinges 7 so that the first plate 4 can be turned upside down.

In the second embodiment, the same as in the first embodiment, the first
The first plate 4 and the second plate 5 become flat on the floor 2 by lowering the plate 4 on the floor 2 and placing the second plate 5 on the floor 2, and a single stage capable of loading a large form of luggage. Form a deck. In this case, the first plate 4 and the second plate 5 cannot cover the entire surface of the floor 2 as in the first embodiment, but have a function as a cover for preventing at least half the area of the floor 2 from being damaged. are doing.

In the case of a two-stage deck, the second deck
When the plate 5 is lifted, the first plate 4 inevitably rises around the hinge 7 as a center of rotation, and the second plate 5 is placed on the wheel house 3 at the position of the wheel house 3, and the wheel house 3 is placed above the floor 2. A shelf having a height corresponding to the protruding height D is formed to form a two-stage deck, and the space A above the second plate 5, the floor 2 and the second plate 5 within the range of the height C of the side panel 19 as shown in FIG. And small space can be loaded in the space B, and a large loading area can be obtained with a limited loading area.

In addition, since the two-stage deck is formed substantially at the center of the bed at the wheel house 3,
The floor 2 at the front and rear portions of the step deck has a first plate 4 as a partition wall, and a loading section capable of loading a large form of luggage that cannot be loaded with the two-step deck is obtained, thereby improving the convenience of the loading platform. Can be.

[0017]

Third Embodiment FIGS. 5 and 6 show a third embodiment. In the third embodiment, the present invention is applied to a double cab carrier 1. In this double cab, the rear end of the cab is extended to the front of the wheel house 3. That is, the wheel house 3 is located at the front end of the carrier.

Although the basic structure of the third embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, the width of the first plate 4 in the vehicle width direction corresponds to the space between the left and right wheel houses 3 due to the positional relationship of the wheel houses 3. The second plate 5 is formed with a narrow portion of a notch 11 which escapes the wheel house 3 on a part of both sides of the second plate 5. The rest is the same as in the first embodiment. The first plate 4 is placed on the floor 2 and the second plate 5 is placed on the floor 2 so that the first plate 4 and the second plate 5 are flat on the floor 2. The first plate 4 and the second plate 5 cover the entire surface of the floor 2 and have a function as a cover for preventing the floor 2 from being damaged.

In the case of a two-stage deck, the second deck
By lifting the plate 5, the first plate 4 inevitably rises around the hinge 7 as a rotation center, the second plate 5 is placed on the wheel house 3, and the second plate 5 is placed above the floor 2 of the wheel house 3. As shown in FIG. 1, a two-stage deck having shelves corresponding to the protruding height D is formed, and the space A above the second plate 5, the floor 2 and the second plate 5 within the range of the height C of the side panel 19 as shown in FIG. 1. And small space can be loaded in the space B, and a large loading area can be obtained in a limited loading area.

In the case of the third embodiment, the notch 11 is positioned on the wheel house 3 when the second plate 5 is placed on the wheel house 3 and the notch 11 is closed by the wheel house 3. Small luggage is prevented from dropping from the notch 11 to the lower deck. Further, the tailgate 1 is connected to the second plate 5 via a hinge.
2 can be provided, and in this case, the space B can be closed and the convenience can be improved.

[0021]

[Embodiment for hinges and the like] In the present invention, the first panel 4
6 between first and second panels 5, first panel 4 and floor 2
At the rear end of the hinge 7 or the second plate 5, a hinge for attaching the tailgate 12 in a foldable manner is used. This hinge may be a hinge, but FIG.
As shown in the figure, pins 13 are provided on both sides of the rear end of the first panel 4, and holes 14 are provided on both sides of the front end of the second panel 5 so that the pins 13 can be rotatably inserted into the front end of the first panel 4. It is effective in assembling workability by forming a hinge provided with a shaft and a bearing provided with a pin 15 rotatably inserted into a hole formed in a side portion of the loading platform on both sides of the vehicle. Also, the second
When the tail gate 12 is attached to the rear end of the plate 5, the hinge by the pin 16 and the hole 17 is appropriate. Further, a stopper pin 18 engaging with the floor 2 is provided on the tailgate 12 for preventing the load from slipping down, so that the load is not pushed by the load and opened.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the lifting shelf portion, which is a two-stage deck, uses a wheel house having high strength and rigidity as a gantry, it is not necessary to provide a special supporting member. Can be assembled immediately without changing the form of the cargo bed and luggage compartment, and can be realized at low cost, and a stable upper deck can be obtained. Further, since the upper deck formed by the lifting shelves is formed on the wheel house, a large loading area can be obtained without being restricted between the wheel houses, and the lower stage can be easily taken out and organized. In addition, a two-stage deck and a one-stage deck can be set by simple operation, and a storage space for shelves in the case of a one-stage deck is unnecessary. The lifting shelf has the advantage of having a function as a cover for preventing damage to the floor of the carrier.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a single deck state showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a two-stage deck showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a two-stage deck showing the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a first deck state showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a two-stage deck showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a hinge according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 loading bed 2 floor 3 wheel house 4 first plate 5 second plate 6 hinge 7 hinge 8 stopper pin 9 gripping hole 10 net 11 notch 12 tailgate 13 pin 14 hole 15 pin 16 pin 17 pin 18 hole 18 stopper pin 19 side panel

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle carrier having an upper portion of a wheel house protruding on both sides of a floor, comprising a plate which is placed on the floor in a planar shape, the plate having a narrow portion located between the wheel houses. It consists of a wide part located at least one of before or after the wheel house, and is constituted by a rising part connected to the hinge and standing on the floor and a lifting shelf part parallel to the floor, The rising portion is mounted on the floor so as to be capable of falling, the lifting shelf can be placed on the wheel house, and the lifting shelf is placed on the wheel house when the rising portion is raised. A cargo bed structure for a vehicle, wherein a cargo shelf is formed above a floor.