JP3024470U - Spare tire cover - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] To provide a spare tire cover that is excellent not only in fashionability but also in functionality such as wearability. A flexible cover (5) is attached to a rim end portion (111) of the case (1) by a sewing means (4) based on a plastic cup-shaped case (1), and an inner diameter part (55) of the cover (5) is further attached. The elastic member 6 is provided on the side to form a spare tire cover. The case 1 is formed of a laminated sheet material based on a transparent plastic sheet material 11 by integral molding means. The pattern layer 12 and the like are provided in advance on the sheet-shaped material by printing means. That is, the pattern layer 12, the opaque layer 13, and the protective layer 14 are sequentially laminated on the one surface side of the transparent plastic sheet material 11 by a printing means, and such laminated sheet material is vacuum-formed by a vacuum forming means. Etc., the case 1 is integrally formed into a cup shape.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the device belongs]

 The present invention relates to a cover (cover) for a spare tire of a vehicle such as a leisure vehicle or an off-road vehicle in which a spare tire is mounted on the outer surface of the back door at the rear of the vehicle body or on the rear of the rear door. In particular, the present invention relates to the ones that improve fashionability as well as the functionality.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 As shown in FIG. 4, for example, a conventional tire has a spare tire 90 attached to the outside of the back door 80, and a spare tire cover 20 including a plastic case or artificial leather cover attached to the spare tire 90. It is designed to be used. Most of these spare tire covers 20 are so-called hard type molded from a hard plastic material such as FRP, or so-called soft type sewn based on artificial leather such as vinyl leather. is there.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, although the above-mentioned conventional ones, for example, hard type ones made of FRP and the like, have a solid appearance and look good in terms of design, their mounting method is the same as that of the spare tire cover. Since a strap or the like is provided in part and the strap is fixed around the back side of the spare tire, there is a problem of poor wearability. Further, since the hard type has a corresponding weight (mass) in order to increase rigidity, there is a possibility that the spare tire cover 20 may rattle due to vibration during traveling on a bad road. Therefore, in order to prevent the rattling, there is a problem that the above fixing method must be ensured. Also, the soft type products based on artificial leather are excellent in terms of weight reduction and price reduction, but they have the problem that they do not look good. Further, since the cover is essentially made of cloth, if it is not securely attached to the spare tire 90, flapping may occur due to traveling wind. Therefore, it is in a tight fit after it is installed. By the way, when the tire is fitted in such a tight fit state, there is a problem in that the tread pattern of the tire appears and the appearance is deteriorated. The purpose (problem) of the present invention is to provide a spare tire cover that solves such a problem in appearance or a problem in manufacturing cost.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has taken the following measures. That is, in the invention according to claim 1, a spare tire cover which covers a spare tire attached to a rear surface portion of an automobile body such as a back door is provided with a pattern on one surface side of a transparent plastic sheet material. Layers are provided in a laminated manner, an opaque layer is further provided in a laminated manner on the upper side of such a pattern layer, and a protective layer is further provided in a laminated manner on the upper side of such an opaque layer. On the basis of a sheet-shaped material, a cup-shaped case is formed by integral molding so that the pattern of the pattern layer appears on the outside, and the roll of the rim end of the cup-shaped case is rolled. In addition, a flexible cover is provided by sewing means.

By adopting the above configuration, the present invention has the following effects. That is, the spare tire cover according to the present invention has a certain degree of rigidity and elasticity because the case portion is made of plastic material. The cover provided on the terminal portion of the rim portion of such a case has flexibility. Therefore, due to the interaction between the elasticity of the case and the flexibility of the cover, the spare tire cover can be reliably attached to the spare tire. As a result, even if the vehicle runs on a bad road, the spare tire cover will not rattle.

Further, since the flexible cover portion comes into close contact with the surface of the spare tire, even if the vehicle runs at high speed, it will not flutter due to the running wind. Moreover, since the entire case is made of a plastic material having a certain degree of rigidity, the part covering the spare tire maintains a smooth surface, and the tread pattern (pattern) of the spare tire is maintained. There is no such thing as showing up, and the appearance to the viewer is not spoiled.

In addition, in the spare tire cover, the case portion has an appropriate elasticity, and the cover provided at the rim end of the case has an appropriate flexibility. Therefore, the inner diameter side of the cover can be expanded by a mounting operator by manually operating it, etc., so that the spare tire cover can be easily mounted on the spare tire. Become.

Further, in this spare tire cover, the disk portion (disk portion) of the case is based on a transparent plastic material, and a pattern layer is provided on the inside thereof. Therefore, the pattern of the pattern layer comes out to the outside, and the appearance is good. In other words, it will also exhibit excellent abilities in fashionability. In addition, since an opaque layer (opaque layer) is provided on the back side of the pattern layer, the black portion of the spare tire may appear on the surface of the disc through the pattern layer. There will be no. Therefore, the appearance will be improved. Further, since a protective layer is provided on the rear side of the pattern layer and the opaque layer, even if the inside of the disc portion and the surface of the spare tire are rubbed with each other, the pattern layer is It will not be damaged by friction. That is, the pattern layer is protected.

Further, as described above, the case portion of the spare tire cover which is excellent in fashionability and wearability is based on a sheet material made of transparent plastic, and a sheet on which a pattern layer or the like is provided. It is designed to be formed by integrally molding in a cup shape based on a sheet material. Therefore, unlike the case where a pattern is formed on a cup-shaped product afterwards by a coating means or the like, the manufacturing process can be simplified.

Next, a device according to claim 2 will be described. The basic structure of the present invention is the same as that of the first aspect. The difference is that, in addition to the one described in claim 1, each layer including a pattern layer provided on the back surface side of the transparent plastic sheet material forming the case is provided by a printing means. That's what I did. Then, the formation of the pattern layer and the like by such a printing means is carried out at a stage before molding. That is, on the basis of a transparent plastic sheet material, each layer including a pattern layer is sequentially provided in a laminated manner on one surface side of the sheet material by a printing means. As a result, the pattern can be formed easily and efficiently. Further, a spare tire cover is formed by integrally molding a cup-shaped case on the basis of such a laminated sheet material, so that the productivity of the spare tire cover can be improved. It will be improved. Also, since a pattern is provided on the sheet material by a printing means on the basis of a plastic sheet material, it is possible to relatively easily form a sheet having many different patterns. Become. In other words, it will be possible to handle a wide variety of small-scale products.

Next, the invention according to claim 3 will be described. The basic point of the present invention is also the same as that of claim 1 and claim 2 described above. The difference is that in addition to the above-mentioned claim 2, the pattern layer portion is made of a plurality of patterns. As a result, it is possible to obtain a pattern layer of multiple colors, and it is possible to make the entire spare tire cover colorful. These also make it possible to obtain a spare tire cover with excellent fashionability. In addition, since these patterns can be obtained in the form of sheet materials by the printing means, complex patterns can be obtained relatively easily, and small-volume, multi-product products can be efficiently produced. It becomes possible to form (manufacture).

Next, a device according to claim 4 will be described. The basic point of the present invention is also the same as that of claims 1 and 2 above. A different point is that, in addition to the above-mentioned second aspect, the attaching means of the cover attached to the rim end portion of the case is performed through molding. That is, the cover is attached through the molding, and the cover is sewn onto the rim end of the case by sewing means from above the molding. By adopting such a configuration, the cover can be more reliably attached to the terminal portion of the case rim portion, and the appearance of the spare tire cover as a whole can be improved. That is, fashionability is improved.

[0013]

[Embodiment of device]

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the structure of this embodiment is based on a transparent plastic sheet material, and a laminated sheet material having a pattern formed thereon is integrally molded into a cup shape. And the flexible cover 5 attached via the sewing means 4 at the rim end 111 of the case 1, and on the inner diameter 55 side of the cover 5. The elastic member 6 is basically provided.

In such a basic configuration, the case 1 is integrally molded on the basis of a sheet material formed on the basis of a transparent plastic sheet material 11 such as acrylic resin (PMMA). That is, as shown in FIG. 2, this sheet-shaped material is formed by laminating a pattern layer 12 on one surface side of a transparent plastic sheet material 11 by a printing means such as silk printing means. It is designed to be provided in a shape. The pattern layer 12 is formed by a plurality of layers 121, 122, 123 according to the type of product, as shown in FIG. That is, multicolor printing or multiple printing means is adopted in order to exert fashionability. Further, the pattern layer 12 may have a means such as watermark printing or the like partially in relation to the wheel or the like housed inside. For example, if the wheel to be stored inside is an aluminum wheel or the like that is highly fashionable, it may be possible to use watermark printing or a state without a pattern so that the aluminum wheel part can be seen through.

Then, on the upper side (back side) of the pattern layer 12 as shown in FIG. 2, the black portion of the spare tire housed inside is prevented from appearing outside the spare tire cover. An opaque layer 13 is provided by the printing means. That is, the material made of an opaque substance is provided on the upper side of the pattern layer 12 in a laminated manner by the printing means. Further, a protective layer 14 for protecting the opaque layer 13 and the pattern layer 12 is provided on the upper side (back side) of the opaque layer 13 in a laminated manner by the same printing means. There is. The protection layer 14 is provided so as not to damage the pattern layer 12 mainly due to frictional contact with a spare tire housed therein. It is designed to serve as a protective film of. The protective layer 14 also serves to prevent the anti-aging agent, the plasticizer or the like filled in the spare tire from adversely affecting the plastic material forming the case 1. Is also responsible For these reasons, the protective layer 14 is often formed of a clear layer made of a transparent material.

Then, the cup-shaped case 1 is formed by integral molding means so that the pattern of the pattern layer 12 appears on the outside based on the plastic sheet material with a pattern having such a configuration. It The cup-shaped case 1 is integrally formed by vacuum forming means or the like. In addition, the cup-shaped case 1 is integrally formed on the basis of the sheet-shaped material in which the pattern layer 12 is thus provided in advance, but in this case, the above-mentioned pattern is formed after the main molding. There may be some distortion. Therefore, in order to cope with the distortion after the molding, the pattern shape is corrected in advance at the stage of pattern printing on the transparent plastic sheet material 11.

At the rim end portion 111 of the cup-shaped case 1 having the above structure, a flexible cover 5 is attached via the sewing means 4 as shown in FIG. There is. The cover 5 is made of cloth, artificial leather, a rubber sheet, a soft plastic sheet, or the like. Further, the cover 5 basically has a ring-shaped (doughnut-shaped) shape as shown in FIG. 3, and the end portion on the outer diameter side thereof is sewn by the sewing means 4. It is designed to be sewn to the end portion (rim end portion) 111 of the. An elastic member 6 made of a rubber band or the like is attached to the end portion on the inner diameter portion 55 side.

In addition to the ring-shaped cover 5, a finely-cut cover 5 can be considered. A plurality of such finely divided covers are sewn to the rim end portion 111 of the case 1 by the sewing means 4 in a state in which the covers are spaced at a constant interval. Also in the cover having such a structure, the elastic member 6 made of a rubber band or the like is attached to the side opposite to the side sewn to the rim end portion 111 side.

The structure of the connecting portion (sewn portion) of the cover 5 having the above-mentioned configuration to the rim end portion 111 is shown in FIG. 3 as simply the sewing means 4 as shown in FIG. In some cases, it is formed by interposing an elastic molding 2 made of a rubber member or EPDM. As shown in FIG. 3, one through the molding 2 has a folded-back portion 51 provided at one end of the cover 5, particularly at the outer diameter side end thereof in the case of a ring-shaped configuration. An elastic core 3 made of a plastic material such as polyethylene is provided in the return part 51, and the molding 2 is covered on the outer side of the folded part 51 with the core 3 wrapped inside. From the upper side of the molding 2 in such a state, the molding 2, the folded-back portion 51, and the rim end portion 111 are sewn together by the sewing means 4 in a state of three sheets being aligned. Is.

The operation and the like of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described. That is, the spare tire cover having the above structure has a certain degree of rigidity and elasticity because the case 1 is made of a plastic material. The cover 5 provided on the rim terminal portion 111 of the case 1 is made of cloth, artificial leather, or the like and has flexibility. Therefore, due to the interaction between the elasticity of the case 1 and the flexibility of the cover 5, the spare tire cover can be reliably attached to the spare tire. As a result, even if the vehicle runs on a bad road, the spare tire cover will not rattle.

Further, since the flexible cover 5 portion comes into close contact with the surface of the spare tire, even when the vehicle runs at high speed, it does not flutter due to the running wind. Further, since the entire case 1 is made of a plastic material having a certain degree of rigidity, the portion covering the spare tire maintains a smooth surface, and the tread pattern ( Patterns, etc. do not appear and the appearance to the viewer is not impaired.

In addition, in the present spare tire cover, the portion of the case 1 has an appropriate elasticity, and the cover 5 provided on the rim end portion 111 of the case 1 has an appropriate flexibility. Further, since the elastic member 6 is provided on the inner diameter portion 55 side of the cover 5 as shown in FIG. 3, the inner diameter portion 55 side of the cover 5 is attached to the wearer. However, the spare tire cover can be easily spread by pulling it with a hand to extend it, and thus the spare tire cover can be easily mounted on the spare tire.

Further, in this spare tire cover, the disk portion (disk portion) 115 of the case 1 is based on a transparent plastic material, and the pattern layer 12 is provided inside thereof. The pattern of the pattern layer 12 comes to stand out from the place where it is a thing, and it looks good. In other words, it also exhibits excellent ability in fashionability. An opaque layer (opaque layer) 13 is provided on the back side of the pattern layer 12, so that the black portion of the spare tire can be seen through the pattern layer 12 on the surface of the disk portion 115. Does not appear. Therefore, the appearance will be improved. Further, since the protective layer 14 is provided on the rear side of the pattern layer 12 and the opaque layer 13, even if the back surface side of the case 1 and the front surface of the spare tire rub against each other. The pattern layer 12 is not damaged by friction. That is, the pattern layer 12 is protected.

Further, as described above, the case 1 portion of the spare tire cover having excellent fashionability and wearability is provided with the pattern layer 12 and the like on the basis of the transparent plastic sheet material 11. It is designed to be formed by integrally forming a cup-shaped material based on the laminated sheet-shaped material. Therefore, unlike the case where a pattern is formed on a cup-shaped product later by painting means or the like, the manufacturing process can be simplified, and the productivity of the entire spare tire cover is improved. Will be able to

[0025]

[Effect of device]

 According to the present invention, a spare tire cover for covering a spare tire attached to the rear surface of an automobile body such as a back door is provided with a pattern layer on one surface side of a transparent plastic sheet material such as a printing means. And a opaque layer on the upper side of such a pattern layer by a printing means or the like, and on the upper side of such an opaque layer by a printing means or the like in a laminated manner. Based on the laminated sheet-like material formed in this way, a cup-shaped case is provided by integral molding means so that the pattern of the pattern layer appears on the outside. Since the rim end of the rim has a cover provided with sewing means, it has excellent functionality such as wearability and has a fashionable appearance with complicated patterns. Also excellent The A tire cover, became a jar I can be efficiently formed (production). That is, it becomes possible to form a case with a complicated pattern by a simple means such as a printing means on the basis of a sheet material made of transparent plastic by means of an integral molding means. Can be manufactured efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the structure of a laminated plastic sheet material which is the basis for forming the case according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the structure of a spare tire cover according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a mounting state of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Case 11 Transparent Plastic Sheet Material 111 Rim Terminal 115 Disk Part 12 Pattern Layer 121 Pattern Each Layer 122 Pattern Each Layer 123 Pattern Each Layer 13 Opaque Layer 14 Protective Layer 2 Molding 3 Core 4 Sewing Means 5 Cover 51 Folding Portion 55 Inner Diameter 6 Elastic member

Claims (6)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A transparent plastic sheet material, wherein a pattern layer is provided in a laminated manner on one surface side of the sheet material, and an opaque layer is further provided in a laminated manner above the pattern layer. A protective layer is further laminated on the upper side of the cup-shaped case, and the cup-shaped case is formed as an integral molding means so that the pattern of the pattern layer appears on the outside based on the laminated sheet-shaped material formed in this way. A spare tire cover formed by forming a flexible cover at the rim end portion of such a cup-shaped case by sewing means. 2. A transparent plastic sheet material is provided with a pattern layer on one surface side thereof by a printing means in a laminated form, and an opaque layer is further laminated on the pattern layer by a printing means. And a protective layer is further provided on the upper side of such an opaque layer by a printing means, and the pattern of the pattern layer is on the outer side on the basis of the laminated sheet material thus formed. A cup-shaped case is formed by integral molding means as shown in Fig. 2, and a flexible cover is attached by sewing means to the rim end of the cup-shaped case thus integrally molded. On the inner diameter side of such a cover, the rim end part to which the cover is attached is
A spare tire cover having a structure in which an elastic member that operates so as to be pulled is provided inside thereof. 3. A transparent plastic sheet material is provided with a pattern layer composed of a plurality of layers on one surface side of the transparent plastic sheet material by a printing means, and printed on the upper side of such a pattern layer in a further layered manner. An opaque layer is provided by means, and a protective layer is further provided on the upper side of such an opaque layer by a printing means. Based on the laminated sheet material thus formed, the above pattern is formed. A cup-shaped case is formed by an integral molding means so that the pattern of layers appears on the outside, and an artificial leather cover is sewn on the rim end portion of the cup-shaped case integrally formed in this way by sewing means. And further, on the inner diameter side of such a cover, the rim end portion to which the cover is attached is provided with an elastic member that operates so as to be pulled inward. Spare tire cover. 4. A transparent plastic sheet material is provided with a pattern layer on one surface side thereof by a printing means in a laminated form, and an opaque layer is further laminated on the upper side of the pattern layer by a printing means. And a protective layer is further provided on the upper side of such an opaque layer by a printing means, and the pattern of the pattern layer is on the outer side on the basis of the laminated sheet material thus formed. The cup-shaped case is formed by integral molding means as shown in FIG. 1, and the rim end portion of the cup-shaped case integrally molded in this manner is sewn by the sewing means, and
A flexible cover is attached through the molding, and the rim end portion to which the cover is attached is provided on the inner diameter side of such a cover with an elastic member that operates so as to be pulled inward. A spare tire cover characterized by having the above structure. 5. A transparent plastic sheet material is provided with a pattern layer on one surface side thereof by a printing means in a laminated form, and on the upper side of such a pattern layer is further laminated by an opaque layer by a printing means. And a protective layer is further provided on the upper side of such an opaque layer by a printing means, and the pattern of the pattern layer is on the outer side on the basis of the laminated sheet material thus formed. As shown in, a spare tire cover characterized in that it has a configuration in which a case having a cup-like shape is provided by integral molding means. 6. A transparent plastic sheet material is provided with a pattern layer on one surface side thereof by a printing means in a laminated form, and on the upper side of such a pattern layer is further laminated by an opaque layer by a printing means. And a protective layer is further provided on the upper side of such an opaque layer by a printing means, and the pattern of the pattern layer is on the outer side on the basis of the laminated sheet material thus formed. As shown in, a spare tire cover characterized in that it has a configuration in which a disk in the shape of a saucer is provided by an integral molding means.