JP4969180B2 - Tray device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a tray device provided on an instrument panel in front of a driver's seat in a vehicle, and more specifically, an object to be stored can be easily stored and taken out from the driver's seat and an image of the stored object in a stored state. The present invention relates to a tray device that prevents poor visibility in front of a driver's seat due to being reflected on a windshield.

This type of conventional tray device is formed by providing a recess in the instrument panel next to the steering column, and can accommodate small pocket-type items (size enough to fit into a clothing pocket) (for example, Non-patent document 1).
“ACTIVAN TOP>Interior> Cockpit”, Honda Motor Co., Ltd., [Searched on June 1, 2006], Internet <URL: http://www.honda.co.jp/ACTY/van/interior/cockpit /index.html>

However, since the tray device described in Non-Patent Document 1 is dimensionally designed for storing pocket-type small items, it is desired to store a rectangular parallelepiped article, such as a tissue paper box, in a horizontally long state in the vehicle width direction. It is impossible.
Further, the tray device easily stores and removes the tissue paper box from the driver's seat (here, taking out includes taking out only the contents of the tissue paper box while the tissue paper box is in the stored state). It is desirable to prevent the poor visibility of the front due to the image of the stored tissue paper box being reflected on the windshield, but no tray device that can meet such a demand has been proposed.

  In view of the above, the present invention addresses such problems, and can easily store and take out the stored items from the driver's seat, and the driver's seat can be displayed on the windshield with an image of the stored items in the stored state. An object of the present invention is to provide a tray device that can prevent a poor visibility in the front.

In order to achieve the above object, a tray device according to the present invention is provided at an upper part of an instrument panel in front of a driver's seat in a vehicle, tilts downward toward the front, and places a bottom wall on which an object is placed. A ceiling wall provided at an upper position of the wall and supported by the instrument panel, and a rectangular parallelepiped article supported by the ceiling wall and placed as a storage object on the bottom wall in a horizontally long state A locking wall provided at a distance above the bottom wall by a predetermined distance above the rear edge of the bottom wall by the length of the side in the front-rear direction and a predetermined distance above the bottom wall; A position in front of the rear edge of the bottom wall by the length of the one side when a rectangular sheet-like article as the article to be stored is placed on the bottom wall with the one side in the front-rear direction at the front position. is configured to include a front locking wall provided in the vicinity of, the, the The wall covers the upper space of the bottom wall, the locking wall abuts and supports the upper part of the front side surface of the rectangular parallelepiped article placed on the bottom wall, and the front locking wall The front end portion of the sheet-like article placed on the bottom wall is abutted and supported .

  With such a configuration, the instrument panel is placed at the upper position of the bottom wall by placing the object to be stored by the bottom wall provided at the top of the instrument panel in front of the driver's seat in the vehicle and inclined downward toward the front. The space above the bottom wall is covered by the top wall supported by the bottom wall. And the position near the front end of the rear end edge of the bottom wall by the length of the side in the front-rear direction when the rectangular parallelepiped article as the object to be stored is placed in the horizontally long state on the bottom wall, supported by the top wall Then, the upper part of the front side surface of the rectangular parallelepiped article placed on the bottom wall is abutted and supported by the locking wall provided at a predetermined distance above the bottom wall. Further, the rear edge of the bottom wall is the length of the one side when a rectangular sheet-like article as a storage object is placed on the bottom wall with the one side in the front-rear direction at a position in front of the locking wall. The front end portion of the sheet-like article placed on the bottom wall is abutted and supported by the front locking wall provided near the front position.

  Moreover, the top wall is supported so that attachment or detachment with respect to an instrument panel is possible. Thereby, the top wall can be attached to and detached from the instrument panel.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the ceiling wall covers the space above the bottom wall, so that it is possible to prevent poor visibility in front of the driver's seat due to the image of the stored object being stored on the windshield, The locking wall is above the bottom wall in the vicinity of a position in front of the rear edge of the bottom wall by the length of the side that is the front-rear direction when the rectangular parallelepiped article is placed on the bottom wall in a horizontally long state. Since the locking wall abuts and supports the upper part of the front side surface of the rectangular parallelepiped article, the mounting position of the rectangular parallelepiped article is not excessively forward and rearward. It can be easily taken out from . Further , the sheet-like article can be placed on the bottom wall with its front portion protruding forward from between the bottom wall and the locking wall. Further , the front locking wall is located at a position in front of the locking wall from the rear edge of the bottom wall by the length of the one side when the sheet-like article is placed on the bottom wall with one side in the front-rear direction. By being provided in the vicinity of the front position, the sheet-like article can be easily taken out from the rear without the placement position being excessively forward. Furthermore , since the bottom wall is inclined downward toward the front, the objects placed on the bottom wall are prevented from falling backward, the storage state can be stabilized, and the bottom by the wall is provided above the front of a driver seat instrument panel, the accommodated article is easily stored from the driver's seat, Ru can be taken out or the like.

  Moreover, according to the invention which concerns on Claim 2, cleaning, a maintenance, etc. of a tray apparatus can be easily performed by removing the top wall supported by the instrument panel.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a tray device according to the present invention. The tray device 2 allows a rectangular parallelepiped article as a storage object, such as a tissue paper box 50, or a sheet-like article as a storage object, such as a binder 60, a book, paper, or the like, to be easily obtained from the driver's seat of the vehicle. In order to be able to store, take out, etc., it is provided at a position that does not obstruct driving in the upper part of the instrument panel 4 in front of the driver's seat including the vicinity of the intermediate position between the driver's seat and the passenger seat, The top wall 8, the stopper member 10, and the front locking wall 12 are provided. Note that the dimension of the tray device 2 in the vehicle width direction is set in a range in which a space for other devices and the like disposed on the instrument panel 4 can be secured at a minimum.

  The bottom wall 6 is for placing a tissue paper box 50 or a binder 60, for example, and is provided at an upper part of the instrument panel 4 in front of the driver's seat so as to be inclined downward. As a result, the tissue paper box 50 or the binder 60 placed on the bottom wall 6 is prevented from falling backward and the stored state is stabilized. The tissue paper box 50 is placed on the bottom wall 6 in a state where the bottom surface 50b opposite to the top surface 50a on which the take-out port for the paper 52 which is the content is formed is supported by the bottom wall 6 from below. Is done. Here, if the convex part 6a which protruded upwards in the range which does not affect said accommodation, taking-out, etc. with respect to the upper surface rear part of the bottom wall 6 is formed, it will further prevent the tissue paper box 50 and the binder 60 from falling out backward. It is effective.

  A ceiling wall 8 is provided above the bottom wall 6. The top wall 8 covers the upper space of the bottom wall 6 and can be attached / detached by engaging a protrusion 8a protruding from the front part with a locking hole 4a opened on the upper surface of the instrument panel 4, for example. Is supported by the instrument panel 4. The ceiling wall 8 prevents a poor front visibility of the driver's seat due to the image of the stored tissue paper box 50 or the binder 60 being reflected on the windshield.

  A stopper member 10 is provided between the bottom wall 6 and the top wall 8. The stopper member 10 abuts and supports the upper portion of the front side surface 50c of the tissue paper box 50 placed on the bottom wall 6 in a horizontally long state. For example, the main body 10a extends in a plate shape or a rod shape in the front-rear direction. And a locking wall 10b extending downward from the front end edge of the main body 10a. The stopper member 10 is removably supported on the top wall 8 by engaging a recess 10c formed on the rear portion of the main body 10a with a protrusion 8b protruding from the rear portion of the top wall 8, for example. The locking wall 10b is spaced apart from the bottom wall 6 by a predetermined distance in the vicinity of the position in front of the rear edge of the bottom wall 6 by the length of the side in the front-rear direction of the horizontally long tissue paper box 50. Is provided. Here, the predetermined distance is smaller than the height of the tissue paper box 50 and larger than the thickness of the binder 60. Thereby, the tissue paper box 50 is supported by the locking wall 10b so that the placement position does not become excessively forward and can be easily taken out from the driver's seat. The portion is placed on the bottom wall 6 in a state of protruding forward from between the bottom wall 6 and the locking wall 10b.

  A front locking wall 12 is provided near the front edge of the bottom wall 6 in front of the locking wall 10b. The front locking wall 12 abuts and supports the front end portion 60a of the binder 60 placed in the above-described overhanging state with one side extending in the front-rear direction on the bottom wall 6. It is formed to extend in the vehicle width direction in the vicinity of the front position by the length of 60 sides in the front-rear direction. Therefore, the binder 60 is abutted and supported by the front locking wall 12 so that the placement position is not excessively forward and can be easily taken out from the driver's seat.

  Next, the use of the tray device 2 configured as described above will be described. First, when storing the tissue paper box 50 in the tray device 2, the tissue paper box 50 is placed on the bottom wall 6 in a horizontally long state. At this time, the locking wall 10b abuts and supports the upper part of the front side surface 50c of the tissue paper box 50, and is in a stored state. In this state, the placement position of the tissue paper box 50 is not excessively forward, and the paper 52 can be easily taken out from the driver's seat.

  Further, when the binder 60 is stored in the tray device 2, the front side of the binder 60 projects forward from between the bottom wall 6 and the locking wall 10 b, and one side of the binder 60 extends in the front-rear direction. As. At this time, the front locking wall 12 abuts and supports the front end portion 60a of the binder 60 and is in a stored state. The tissue paper box 50 may be placed on the bottom wall 6 indirectly by placing the tissue paper box 50 on the upper surface 60b of the binder 60 in the storage state.

Then, the tissue paper box 50 or the binder 60 in the housed state is taken out from the tray device 2 by pulling backward from the bottom wall 6.
Further, by removing the removable top wall 8, the tray device 2 can be easily cleaned and maintained. Furthermore, when the space between the locking wall 10b and the front locking wall 12 is used for storing small items such as a spectacle case and a writing instrument, these small items can be easily taken out.

It is a cross-sectional view showing a tray device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

2 Tray device 4 Instrument panel 6 Bottom wall 8 Top wall 10 Stopper member 10b Locking wall 12 Front locking wall 50 Tissue paper box (cuboid article)
60 binder (sheet-like article)

Claims (2)

A bottom wall that is provided at the top of the instrument panel in front of the driver's seat in the vehicle, is inclined downward toward the front, and places the objects to be stored;
A top wall of said provided at a position above the bottom wall, it is supported by the instrument panel,
A position in front of the rear edge of the bottom wall by the length of the side in the front-rear direction when the rectangular parallelepiped article as the object to be stored is placed on the bottom wall in a horizontally long state, supported by the top wall A locking wall provided at a predetermined distance above the bottom wall in the vicinity;
The rear end of the bottom wall by the length of the one side when a rectangular sheet-like article as the article to be stored is placed on the bottom wall with the one side in the front-rear direction at a position in front of the locking wall. A front locking wall provided near a position in front of the edge;
It is configured to include a,
The top wall covers the space above the bottom wall, and the locking wall abuts and supports the upper part of the front side surface of the rectangular parallelepiped article placed on the bottom wall, and the front locking wall Is a tray device characterized in that it abuts and supports the front end of the sheet-like article placed on the bottom wall .   The tray device according to claim 1, wherein the ceiling wall is detachably supported with respect to the instrument panel.

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