JP3502917B2 - Cover holder mounting device - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for attaching a cover holder, and more particularly to an improvement in an apparatus for attaching a tonneau cover to an automobile body. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a tonneau cover for covering a carrier of a vehicle such as a wagon or a van type has a cover which is wound around a cover holder so as to be able to be pulled out so as to cover the cargo on the carrier and allow the cargo from the outside. The drawer end of the cover is detachably locked to the rear side of the luggage compartment so as not to be seen. A configuration of a mounting device for detachably bridging such a tonneau cover between left and right side walls of a body of an automobile and pivotally connecting the tonneau cover is known as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 61-11441. . A mounting device for a cover holder (toner cover) disclosed in the above publication will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 (A) and 6 (B). FIG. 6A shows the locking member on the left side of the tonneau cover, and FIG. 6B shows the locking member on the right side. A cover 2 serving as a cover is wound around a cylindrical case 1 forming a tonneau cover so as to be able to be pulled out, and left and right engaging members 3L and 3R are fixed to left and right ends of the case.
The right and left holders 4L and 4R provided on the left and right walls of the bodies 5L and 5R of the vehicle are fitted through the left and right engaging members 3L and 3R, and the cover 2 is pivotally attached to the left and right. That is, the left engaging member 3L is substantially T-shaped when viewed from a horizontal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the case 1, and is inserted into a T-shaped engaging recess 6L formed in the left holder 4L. And fitted and locked. On the other hand, the right engaging member 3R is formed in an inverted L-shape when viewed from a horizontal direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the case 1, and is fitted from above into a semicircular engaging recess 6R formed in the right holder 4R. It is configured to engage and lock. The left and right side walls 5L and 5L of the body of the vehicle
When the tonneau cover bridged between the R is removed, the right engagement member 3R side is lifted from below and pulled out to the right to be detached. [0008] As described in the above-mentioned conventional construction, the tonneau cover mounting device is simple in mounting since the tonneau cover is pressed from above and pivotally mounted.
There was a problem that it came off as soon as a force was applied or a shock was applied from below. Further, when the left engaging member 3L of the tonneau cover is inserted into the left engaging recess 6L, one of the left and right engaging members of the tonneau cover moves toward the winding shaft center of the tonneau cover. It was necessary to incorporate a spring etc. for returning to SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a cover holder mounting apparatus which solves the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to prevent the cover holder from easily detaching even if a force or impact is applied from all directions. The present invention is to provide a cover holder mounting device as described above. In order to achieve the above object, a cover holder mounting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a cover holder for winding a cover inside the cover holder so as to be able to be pulled out and housed therein. In a cover holder mounting device configured to be detachably pivotally mounted between left and right side walls of a vehicle body via engagement members provided at left and right ends, an engagement recess formed on at least one of the engagement members, a hook member pivotally mounted rotatably on the side wall, the tip engaging recess of the hook member
That pivotally urge the hook member to engage the lower end of the
And a lower end of the engagement recess with a hook portion.
The radius of curvature around the center of rotation of the material
Center the position of the tip of the member away from the center of rotation of the member.
Characterized in that the radius of curvature is set to be equal to the radius of curvature . The hook member is urged by a spring to lock the engaging recess. Further, the hook member can be rotated against the biasing force of the spring and removed from the engagement recess. This allows the cover holder to be attached so that it does not come off,
Can be removed. As described above, the cover holder attaching device of the present invention uses the hook member as the engaging portion to lock one end of the cover holder via the spring , so that the cover holder can be easily subjected to external forces from all directions. It does not come off and is easy to install and remove. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A cover holder (toner cover) according to the present invention will be described below.
An embodiment of the mounting device will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The parts corresponding to those in the conventional configuration in FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a mounting device for a tonneau cover according to the present embodiment. A tonneau cover 1 is cylindrical and a cover 2 is wound and accommodated in a cylinder. This tonneau cover 1
The left and right engaging members 3L and 3R fixed to the left and right ends of the left and right members are different from the configurations of FIGS. 6A and 6B, and the left engaging member has a substantially cubic shape. A blind hole 9 is formed on the surface facing the left holder 4L so as to fit with the pin 7 formed on the holder 4L. The left holder 4L is formed in a semicircular shape having an open upper surface, and a pin 7 is erected at the center thereof. The shape of the left holder 4L may be a square or a rectangle. Just fine. FIG. 1 is an enlarged view of a portion A in FIG.
(B) forms a horizontal groove instead of a blind hole formed in the center of the left engagement member 3L so as to fit with a rectangular projection 8 formed horizontally in the center of the left holder 4L. In this case, the left holder 4L is not formed as a separate component and fixed to the left wall of the body as shown in FIG. 1A, but the left holder 4L is directly attached to the left wall. This shows a case in which they are formed. The state of fitting of the left engagement member 3L to the left holder 4L as described above is shown in the left side sectional view of FIG. The right engagement member 3R of the tonneau cover 1 is also formed, for example, in a substantially cubic shape, and the right holder 4
An engagement concave portion 10 is formed on a surface facing the R, which is formed by a locking hole or a locking groove to which a radius is added on a lower side, which will be described later. The right holder 4R has a hook 11 formed in an L shape, and the hook 11 is always urged to rotate in one direction so that the tip of the hook 11 is engaged with the engaging recess 1 of the right engaging member 3R.
The hook 11 is pivotally mounted on the right side wall so as to be rotatable about a fulcrum 13. FIG. 2 shows a right side cross section of the right engagement member 3R and the right holder 5R in a substantially linear engagement state. The mounting structure of the right holder 4R to the body will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 is a side sectional view, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an assembled state. In FIGS. 3 and 4, a recess 14 is formed in the right side wall 5R of the body for accommodating the box portion of the right holder 4R, and tap holes 15a and 15b for mounting the right holder 4R.
To form The right holder 4R is formed in a substantially box shape having an opening on the upper surface and the front surface, and has U-shaped folded pieces 16 and 17 formed on the upper surface and the front surface in right and left and upward directions and left and right and downward directions. Further, the tonneau cover receiver 18 is formed so as to communicate with the U-shaped folded piece 16 and to have a substantially Z-shaped side cross section along with the folded piece 17. The turning pieces 16 have through holes 19 a and 19
b is pierced and the holder 4R is inserted into the concave portion 1 of the right side wall 5R of the body.
4 and screws 20 are screwed into the tap holes 15a and 15b and fixed. Through holes 21a on the left and right walls of the box
And 21b are drilled, and the rotating shaft 22 is inserted into the through holes 21a and 21b.
b, and the rotating shaft 22 is inserted into a through hole formed in the fulcrum 13 of the L-shaped hook 11 and is fixed at the center position of the rotating shaft 22. The rotating shaft 22 is pivotally mounted in the box portion by bush nuts 23a and 23b. Further, the both ends of the spring 12 are locked between the through hole 24 formed in the hook 11 and the through hole 25 formed in the upper end of the back plate of the box portion, and the tip 11a of the hook 11 is formed on the right engaging member 3R. It is urged to rotate so as to engage with the concave portion 10 . The tip 1 of the L-shaped hook 11 used in this example
The relationship between the shape of 1a and the engagement recess 10 of the right engagement member 3R will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5A shows the rotation center 13 of the hook 11.
Radius of curvature R formed on the L-shaped hook tip 11a
Engaging consisting Kakaritomeanamata the locking grooves bored in Migigakarigo member 3R and
This is the case where the radius of curvature R formed on the lower end face side of the joint recess 10 is the same, but with such a configuration, when the tonneau cover 1 is detached, when the hook 11 is turned in the release direction W, In addition, the R portion of the radius of curvature at the lower end of the tip of the hook 11 hits the lower end of the engaging recess 10 and is rubbed, so that the tonneau cover 1 could not be smoothly removed. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5 (B), a radius of curvature R attached to the lower end of the hook tip 11 a from the fulcrum 13 of the hook 11 is lowered by 2 mm from the fulcrum 13.
Engagement concave portion 1 having a radius of curvature R 'attached to the lower end side of hook tip 11a and formed substantially in the center of right locking member 3R
When the radius of curvature at the lower end of 0 is selected to be a radius of curvature R about the fulcrum 13 of the hook 11, when the hook 11 is rotated clockwise W when the hook is released, the hook tip 11a is shown in FIG. eventually occurs a gap and the lower end side formed with the R of the tip portion 11a and the engagement recess 10 hook 11 and Migigakarigo portion 3R to the contact of the engagement recess 10 of schematically illustrating It can be released smoothly without scraping. In the above-described configuration, the right holder 4R has been described as being made of a separate component and fixed to the right side wall 5R of the body.
It is obvious that a right holder 4R may be formed integrally with the body on the right side wall 5R as shown in FIG. 2 and a hook and a spring may be attached thereto. Since the cover holder mounting device of the present invention is configured as described above, the left and right engaging members 3L and 3R at the left and right ends of the tonneau cover 1 are shown in FIG. As shown in the left and right holders 4L and 4R, and the left engaging member 3 from the upper open end of the left holder 4L.
L is inserted to engage the pin 7 or the projection 8 with the blind hole 9 (see FIG. 2). Next, if the right engaging member 3R is pushed downward from the upper opening end of the right holder 4R, the lower end of the right engaging member comes into contact with the tonneau cover receiver 18 (see FIGS. 2 and 3), and the lowering is prevented. You. In this state, the engagement recess 1 of the right engagement member 3R
0 , the tip 11a of the hook 11 is engaged with the tonneau cover 1
Has a structure that does not separate even when pressed from below and in all directions. In addition, it is possible to remove an adverse effect that comes off with a slight impact or the like. Further, when removing, the hook 11 is supported by the fulcrum 1.
1 and 2 around the center 3, the tonneau cover 1 can be easily removed by rotating the tonneau cover 1 upward from the lower side by rotating the tonneau cover 1 upward. Further, according to the structure of the cover holder mounting apparatus of the present embodiment, since the lock mechanism is added, the overall length of the tonneau cover can be reduced by about 60 mm as compared with the conventional one without changing the entire width of the cover. Was completed. For this reason, when storing the tonneau cover 1 on the carrier, the tonneau cover 1 can be easily stored by the reduced length. According to the cover holder mounting apparatus of the present invention, the cover holder can be easily mounted simply by pushing it in from the upper side, and since the lock mechanism is provided, it can be easily attached and detached without falling off. Further, since the entire length of the cover holder can be shortened without changing the width of the cover, it is easy to store the cover holder in the car bed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a cover holder mounting device of the present invention, FIG. 1 (A) is an overall view, and FIG. 1 (B) is FIG.
It is a principal part perspective view of another structure of the A section expansion part of (A). FIG. 2 is a side view showing a part of a cover holder mounting device according to the present invention in cross section. FIG. 3 is a side view in which a part of a main part showing another configuration of the cover holder mounting device of the present invention is sectioned. FIG. 4 is an assembly perspective view of the configuration shown in FIG. 3 of the cover holder mounting device of the present invention. 5A and 5B are explanatory views of the operation of a hook used for a lock mechanism of the cover holder attaching device of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 5B is a configuration example of the present invention, and FIG. 5C is an operation explanatory diagram. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a conventional cover holder mounting device, wherein FIG. 6 (A) shows a left engaging portion, and FIG. 6 (B) shows a right engaging member. [Description of Signs] 1 Tonneau cover 2 Covers 3L, 3R Left and right engaging members 4L, 4R Left and right holders 5L, 5R Left and right side walls (body) 7 Pins 8 Protrusions 11 Hooks

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Claims (1)

(1) Claims: 1. A cover holder in which a cover is wound so as to be able to be pulled out and housed inside the vehicle holder through right and left ends of the vehicle holder via engaging members provided at left and right ends of the cover holder. A mounting device for a cover holder, which is detachably pivotally mounted between side walls, wherein an engaging recess formed in at least one of the engaging members and a hook member rotatably connected to the side wall. When,
Flip the hook so that the tip of the hook engages the lower end of the engagement recess.
A spring for urging the hook member to rotate, the lower end of the engagement concave portion being centered on the center of rotation of the hook member.
While the tip of the hook member is
Set the radius of curvature around the position shifted from the center of motion
Mounting device cover holder, characterized in that set in.