JP2008302909A - Vehicle tethering device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle tethering device capable of easily mooring a vehicle in the state that the vehicle is wrapped by a sheet and directly tethering the vehicle to a fixed article without applying excessive force to the sheet. <P>SOLUTION: In the vehicle tethering device, a flexible engagement piece 6 having sufficiently large thickness than that of a belt 5 is fastened to one end terminal of the flexible belt 5. The belt 5 comprises textiles and the engagement piece 6 preferably comprises a rubber or a sponge of plastic. Accordingly, an openable/closable portion such as a bonnet, a trunk and a door of the vehicle 2 is opened, the vehicle tethering device is inserted from the opening part, and the opening part is closed in such a state that the belt is drawn out to the outside. Thereby, it can be easily mounted to the vehicle. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle that has floated on water in a method for reducing damage by wrapping a vehicle in a seat and floating it in the water when the river overflows due to flooding or the like and the water level rises, and prevents the vehicle from being submerged. Is anchored to an appropriate structure, and the vehicle anchor for preventing the vehicle from being poured into water.

  When a flood occurs due to river flooding due to heavy rain, vehicles such as automobiles may be submerged. If the vehicle is submerged and water enters the engine, an overhaul is required, and the electrical components are damaged by water and must be replaced. In addition, muddy water infiltrates the interior of the vehicle interior, causing interior materials to be damaged and the interior of the vehicle interior to be cleaned, which requires significant costs for recovery.In many cases, the cost of recovery exceeds the vehicle price, and most vehicles are scrapped. It becomes.

  Furthermore, for example, in the case of a special vehicle such as an ambulance, there are many cases where an expensive medical device or the like is mounted inside, and when this is submerged, it is not only a loss of the vehicle itself, but also a great economic cost. It often causes damage.

  Conventionally, there are some known examples of means for preventing the vehicle from being submerged. For example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-189866 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-46613 show that air bags are provided before and after a vehicle and inflated to prevent submersion.

  However, these are for gaining time for passengers to escape when the vehicle falls into the water, preventing water from entering the passenger compartment in the event of a flood, etc. Not enough to In addition, in order to equip the vehicle with an airbag, the vehicle itself needs to be extensively remodeled, and the vehicle must always be run with this equipment mounted, which is not realistic.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-248946 describes means for preventing a vehicle from being submerged by completely wrapping the vehicle with a huge cylindrical sheet. However, in this method, the vehicle is covered with a cylindrical sheet and the opening thereof is closed, so that air is enclosed in the cylindrical sheet and there is no escape space for the air. Therefore, when the water volume increases, the tubular sheet itself may swell, and the closed opening may open or in the worst case, the tubular sheet may burst, preventing the vehicle from being submerged.

  In addition, the present invention covers the entire vehicle with a tubular seat and closes the opening thereof. Therefore, in order to close the opening of the tubular seat at the top of the vehicle, the working position is set at a high position on the top of the vehicle. It must be set, and when a vehicle is inserted from the side of the tubular seat, special equipment for keeping the tubular seat open is necessary, which is once every several to several tens of years. To prepare for the situation, it costs a lot of money and is not realistic.

  In view of such circumstances, the applicant wraps the bottom and the lower side of the vehicle with a water-tight sheet when there is a risk of inundation due to flooding, etc., and when the water level rises, the applicant floats the vehicle by buoyancy due to the internal space of the vehicle, A method for preventing submergence has been invented, and a patent application has already been filed as Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-147606.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention wraps the lower part and the lower part of a side surface of a vehicle 2 with a water-tight sheet 1 when a flood is predicted. In addition, the internal space of the vehicle 2 is secured even when the water level rises, and the vehicle 2 is levitated above the water 3 as shown in FIG. is there.

  However, in this method, when a flood occurs and the water level rises, the vehicle 2 is completely floated on the water 3 in a state of being wrapped in the seat 1, so that there is a possibility that the vehicle 2 may flow out of the installation location due to the water flow.

Outflow can be prevented if the vehicle 2 is tethered to a fixed object with a wire or the like, but the hooks for towing the vehicle 2 are usually provided in the lower part of the front and rear of the vehicle body, and are used when wrapped with the seat 1 I can't. In addition, the seat 1 or a belt for fastening the seat 1 can be anchored to a fixed object, but the state in which the vehicle 2 is wrapped with the seat 1 is loosened, or the space between the seat 1 and the vehicle 2 is widened so that water can enter the vehicle 2. There is a possibility of entering.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-189866 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-46613 JP 2002-248946 A

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. The vehicle 2 can be easily anchored in a state of being wrapped in the seat 1 and the vehicle 2 can be directly fixed to the fixed object without applying excessive force to the seat 1. It aims at providing the vehicle anchorage which can be tethered.

  Thus, the present invention is characterized in that a flexible locking piece sufficiently larger than the thickness of the belt is fixed to one end of the flexible belt. In the present invention, the belt is preferably made of a woven fabric, and the locking piece is preferably made of a rubber or plastic sponge.

  According to the present invention, it is easy to open and close the vehicle 2 such as the bonnet, trunk, door, etc., and close the opening with the vehicle tether inserted and the belt pulled out from the opening. Can be attached to the vehicle 2.

  After wrapping the vehicle 2 with the seat 1 in this state, the other end of the belt of the vehicle anchoring device is fixed to a fixed object by an appropriate method, so that the vehicle 2 is securely fixed to the fixed object via the belt. It can be done.

  The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 shows an example of the vehicle anchoring device 4 of the present invention. A flexible locking piece 6 made of rubber or plastic sponge is attached to one end of a flexible belt 5 made of fabric or the like. .

  Since the belt 5 is sandwiched between openings such as a bonnet of the vehicle 2, the belt 5 needs to be thin and flexible and strong, and is preferably made of woven fabric. Further, since the locking piece 6 supports the vehicle 2 by being hooked inside the opening of the vehicle 2, it needs to be large enough not to be pulled out together with the belt 5, and so as not to damage the inside of the opening. It is preferably made of a flexible material such as sponge.

  Since the other end of the belt 5 is fixed to a fixed object, a hook or the like corresponding to the shape of the fixed object may be attached. However, since the position and shape of the target fixed object are not specified, the belt 5 It is preferable that nothing is attached to the other end of the belt 5 so that it can be directly connected to a fixed object.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the usage state of the vehicle anchor 4 of the present invention. In this vehicle anchoring device 4, the belt 5 is pulled out from the gap between the openings in a state where the locking piece 6 is put in the bonnet 7 and the trunk cover 8 of the vehicle 2, and the tip thereof is appropriately It is fixed to a fixed object (not shown) by the means.

  In order to attach the vehicle anchor 4 to the vehicle 2, the hood 7 and the trunk cover 8 of the vehicle 2 are opened while the vehicle 2 is placed on the center of the seat 1 spread on the ground, and the locking piece is opened from the opening. Only 6 is put in the engine room and the trunk, and the hood 7 and the trunk cover are closed with the belt 5 pulled out forward. As a result, the belt 5 is sandwiched between the bonnet 7 and the vehicle body, and the locking piece 6 is not caught and the vehicle anchor 4 is not pulled out.

  In this state, the lower part of the vehicle 2 is wrapped with the seat 1. At this time, the mounting position of the vehicle anchor 4 on the vehicle body is relatively high, so that the vehicle anchor 4 does not interfere with the seat 1. Thereafter, the tip of the belt 5 is fixed to a fixed object by an appropriate means.

  In this example, the front and rear two places of the vehicle 2 are anchored by the vehicle anchor 4, but the vehicle anchor 4 can be also anchored to the side by attaching the vehicle anchor 4 to the door 9 of the vehicle 2. You can add more points.

  According to the present invention, when the vehicle 2 is wrapped with the seat 1, the vehicle anchor 4 is sandwiched between the relatively high openings such as the hood 7, the trunk 8, or the door 9 of the vehicle 2, so that the vehicle 2 is wrapped with the seat 1. In addition, the vehicle anchor 4 does not get in the way, and since it is attached directly to the vehicle body, the seat 1 that encloses the vehicle 2 does not loosen and water does not enter the seat 1.

  And since the vehicle 2 can be securely anchored to the fixed object via the vehicle anchor 4 in the state where the vehicle 1 is wrapped in the seat 1, even if the flood volume increases and the vehicle 2 floats on the water 3 The vehicle 2 is not leaked from the installation location, and damage to the vehicle 2 due to flooding can be minimized.

A perspective view of the vehicle wrapped in a seat Side view of a vehicle wrapped in a seat surfaced in water The perspective view of the vehicle anchoring device of this invention The side view which showed the part which shows the use condition of the vehicle tether of this invention in the cross section

Explanation of symbols

4 Vehicle tether 5 Belt 6 Locking piece

Claims (3)

A vehicle anchor, wherein a flexible locking piece (6) sufficiently larger than the thickness of the belt (5) is fixed to one end of the flexible belt (5). The vehicle tether according to claim 1, characterized in that the belt (5) is made of woven fabric. The vehicle tether according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the locking piece (6) is made of a rubber or plastic sponge.

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