JPH024837Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to an automobile loading platform, and particularly to an automobile loading platform used for placing long items such as skis on the roof of an automobile.

[Prior art]

Conventional carriers for automobiles of this type do not allow large adjustments in length because the length is adjusted by an engaging part attached to the roof of the automobile, and adjustment is possible by screwing the intermediate body and the bracket together. Although large adjustments can be made with this type of adjustment, they have the disadvantage that they require the use of a screwdriver, making the work complicated and time-consuming.

[Purpose of invention]

The object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and to obtain a loading platform for an automobile whose length can be changed greatly in an extremely simple and short time.

[Summary of the idea]

The vehicle loading platform of the present invention includes a bracket extending in the longitudinal direction connected to the loading platform cover, an engaging portion provided at an outer end of the bracket and capable of engaging with the automobile roof, and a bracket extending in the longitudinal direction along the bracket. a slidable intermediate body extending in the longitudinal direction; a plurality of engagement holes spaced apart in the longitudinal direction at the inner end of the bracket; and an end portion of the intermediate body so as to be engaged with the engagement holes. It is characterized by comprising a hook provided on the lower surface and a spring inserted between the intermediate body and the platform cover for restraining the hook at the end of the intermediate body downward.

[Example of idea]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, 1 is a loading platform cover, 2 is a holder provided on the top of this cover 1, 3 is a tightening rubber band that engages with this holder 2, 4 is a channel-shaped bracket fixed to the bottom of the cover 1 and extending in the longitudinal direction, 5
7 is a cushion body attached to the bottom of one end of the bracket 4 by a mounting screw 6 to serve as a cushion for the roof of an automobile;
8 is a helical spring whose one end is hooked to one end of the spring 7, and 8 is a hooking engagement portion connected to the other end of the spring 7 via an adjuster star hook 9 for a rain gutter on a car roof. The carrier parts of the structure are respectively attached to opposite sides of the roof of the automobile, and an intermediate cylindrical body 10 having an oval cross section extending in the longitudinal direction is connected between the other ends of the brackets 4 of each carrier part. A loading platform is formed.

In the present invention, a large number of square holes 11 are bored in the other end of the bracket 4 spaced apart in the longitudinal direction, and the square holes 11 of the bracket 4 fall into and engage with the lower end of the intermediate cylindrical body 10. size hook 1
2 is attached to the end of the intermediate cylindrical body 10, and a plate spring 13 is attached to the end of the intermediate cylindrical body 10, which extends upward and whose upper end is suppressed by the lower surface of the carrier cover 1, and a recess 14 into which the upper end of the plate spring 13 falls is attached. are formed on the lower surface of the carrier cover 1 in correspondence with the positions of the square holes 11 of the bracket 4.

Since the vehicle loading platform of the present invention has the above-described structure, when the intermediate cylindrical body 10 is horizontally slid relative to the bracket 4, the leaf spring 13 at the tip is restrained downward by the loading platform cover 1. Then, in order to press the intermediate cylindrical body 10 against the bracket 4, a hook 12 provided at the tip thereof falls into a square hole 11 at an arbitrary position of the bracket 4 and is engaged. At this time, the upper end of the leaf spring 13 enters into the recess 14 on the lower surface of the carrier cover 1 and is fixed to the intermediate cylindrical body 10 to some extent. In addition, to release this engagement,
the intermediate cylindrical body 10 relative to the bracket 4;
This can be done very easily by moving to the left. Incidentally, in order to attach the loading platform to a car, after connecting the intermediate cylindrical body 10 and the bracket 4 to the desired length as described above, hook the hook engaging part 8 of one loading platform to the end of the vehicle. If you use a special tool to pull the hook engagement part (not shown) of the other loading platform and hook it to the other end of the tension vehicle, the spring 7 attached to the bracket 4 will be extended, so that the hook engagement part at both ends will be stretched. A large amount of force is applied, and the cargo bed becomes firmly fixed to the roof of the car.

[Effect of idea]

Since the vehicle loading platform of the present invention has the above-described configuration, it has the great advantage that its length can be adjusted in a short time, very easily, and to a large extent without using a screwdriver.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the loading platform of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the square hole and hook portion thereof. 1... Loading platform cover, 2... Holder, 3... Tightening rubber band, 4... Bracket, 5... Cushion body, 6... Mounting screw, 7... Spring, 8
...Hook engagement part, 9...Adjuster star hook, 1
0... Intermediate cylindrical body, 11... Square hole, 12... Hook, 13... Leaf spring, 14... Recess.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a longitudinally extending bracket connected to the cargo platform cover; an engaging portion provided at an outer end of the bracket capable of engaging with the automobile roof; and a longitudinally extending bracket capable of longitudinally sliding along the bracket; an intermediate body, a plurality of engagement holes provided at the inner end of the bracket spaced apart in the longitudinal direction thereof, a hook provided on the lower surface of the end of the intermediate body so as to engage with the engagement holes; A loading platform for an automobile, comprising a spring inserted between an intermediate body and the loading platform cover for suppressing a hook at an end of the intermediate body downward.