JPH0629122Y2 - Vehicle accessory storage device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a small article storage device provided in a vehicle interior trim of a vehicle.

[Prior Art] As is well known, in vehicles such as automobiles, in order to conveniently store small items such as road maps and driver's licenses, which are frequently used, in the vehicle interior, An accessory case is provided in the interior trim. For example, the actual exploitation 62-2
Japanese Patent No. 6246 discloses an automobile door pocket provided in a door trim on an inner surface of a door.

By the way, the vehicle interior trim may be provided with a bulging portion that bulges toward the vehicle interior, mainly due to the interior design of the vehicle interior. By providing such a bulging portion, the bulging portion of the instrument panel in the front part of the vehicle compartment,
When the rear side of the passenger compartment is formed like a lounge, the bulging portion of the rear seat and the bulging portion of the trim can be continuous to create a sense of unity in the front and rear and side surfaces of the passenger compartment. By arranging various switches such as armrests and power window switches on the bulging portion of the trim with a good layout, it is possible to improve the design of the vehicle interior.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when the accessory case is provided in the vehicle interior trim as described above, the accessory case is provided below the bulging portion to avoid interference with the bulging portion. Since the bulging part limits the storage capacity of the accessory case and the upper opening area, when storing relatively large items (such as large format map books), the stored items will stick out to the passenger compartment and There are problems such as interference, obstruction of the passenger's entry / exit operation, and obstruction of the regulator handle operation in the case of a door pocket.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and when a small compartment is provided in the vehicle interior trim having the bulging portion, a sufficient storage capacity and an opening area are provided when necessary without impairing the interior design of the vehicle interior. It is an object of the present invention to provide a small article storage device for a vehicle that can secure the vehicle.

[Means for Solving the Problem] Therefore, the present invention is a small article storage device for a vehicle, which is provided in a vehicle interior trim having a bulging portion that bulges toward the vehicle interior side, and the small article compartment opens upward. A wall member having a lower edge pivotally attached to the wall member, the wall member being provided below the bulging portion and having an opening for Is locked to a portion of the lower part of the bulging portion on the vehicle interior side, and the wall member surface is at a first locking position along the curved shape of the bulging portion, or the upper edge of the wall member is the bulging portion. At one of the second locking positions, which is locked to the outside of the vehicle compartment at the lower part and opens the upper part of the accessory case more widely,
A locking means capable of locking the wall member is provided.

[Advantage of the Invention] According to the present invention, a wall member is provided above the accessory storage opening, and the wall member surface is at the first locking position along the curved shape of the bulging portion or the accessory storage opening. Since the wall member can be locked at either one of the second locking positions where the upper part of the portion is opened more widely, the wall member is normally positioned at the first locking position. While maintaining the interior design of the vehicle compartment, when accommodating a relatively large item in the accessory case, the wall member is positioned at the second locking position to substantially reduce the storage capacity and opening area of the accessory case. Can be expanded.

In other words, the storage capacity and opening area of the accessory case can be sufficiently secured when necessary without impairing the interior design of the passenger compartment. It is possible to solve the problem caused by the vehicle sticking out to the passenger compartment side.

[Embodiment] An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a door pocket provided in an automobile door will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a door trim of a front door of an automobile according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a bulge that bulges toward the passenger compartment is formed substantially in the vertical center of the door trim 1. A portion 2 is provided, and a concave portion 2a (armrest concave portion) concave toward the vehicle exterior is formed in an upper portion of the bulging portion 2.
The armrest concave portion 2a has an armrest portion 3, a handle portion 4 for opening and closing the door, and a door glass (not shown).
A power window switch 5 for automatically raising and lowering is provided. The surface of the front end portion of the bulging portion 2 has a curved surface that is substantially continuous with the surface of the bulging portion of an instrument panel (not shown) disposed in the front portion of the vehicle compartment when the door is closed. As it does, it is formed in a curved curved surface shape.

Further, a regulator handle 6 for manually raising and lowering a door glass (not shown) is provided below the bulging portion 2, and further, a trim front portion and a rear portion below the bulging portion 2 are provided with:
A speaker grill 7 of an audio speaker and a courtesy lamp 8 that illuminates the foot of an occupant when the door is opened are attached. A door pocket 10 is provided between the speaker grill 7 and the courtesy lamp 8 for accommodating small items such as road maps and driver's licenses that are frequently used.

The door pocket 10 will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 2, the door pocket 10 is located on the side of the front seat 12 and has the bulging portion 2
In order to avoid interference with the molding portion 2, the lower end portion thereof is fixed to the lower end portion of the door trim 1, while the pocket space defined by the door trim 1 and the door pocket 10 is provided. The upper portion of the portion 10a is open upward. The door trim 1 is attached to the vehicle interior side surface of a door inner panel 9b that constitutes the door panel 9 together with the door outer panel 9a.

A recessed portion 2b (pocket recessed portion) recessed to the outside of the vehicle is provided in a portion of the bulging portion 2 located above the door pocket 10, and an inner lower edge of the pocket recessed portion 2b forms an outer edge of the pocket opening portion 10b. And the pocket opening 10
A lower edge of a lid 15, which will be described in detail later, is pivotally attached to the outer edge of b via a hinge shaft 11. The hinge shaft 11 is fixed to the door trim 1 via a bracket 12 by a fastener member 13.

A lock device 16 for locking the upper edge of the lid 15 to the door trim 1 is provided at the center of the upper end of the lid 15 in the front-rear direction. As shown in detail in FIGS. 3 and 4, the locking device 16 is formed in a substantially L-shaped cross section, for example, with a case 17 fixed to the surface of the lid 15 on the pocket recess 2b side by rivets 14 and 14. And the case 17 and lid 15
Lock part 18a provided so that it can appear and disappear with respect to the upper edge of the
And a lock metal fitting 18 having an operating portion 18b to which an operation knob 19 is attached, and a coil spring 20 that is compressed inside the case 17 and biases the lock metal fitting 18 upward.

On the other hand, the lower surface of the bulging portion 2 in which the pocket recess 2b is formed,
That is, the upper wall surface of the pocket recess 2b is provided with the first locking hole portion 21 and the second locking hole portion 22 inside and outside the vehicle compartment, respectively. It can be locked in either the first or second locking hole portion 21 or 22.

That is, the operating knob 19 is pushed downward against the biasing force of the coil spring 20 to move the lock portion 18a to the case 17
By storing the lid 15 in the hinge shaft 11
The position of the lock portion 18a is adjusted by freely rotating the lock portion 18a around the
By releasing the operation knob 19 in a state of being fitted to either of the above, the lock portion 18a is projected upward from the case 17 by the urging force of the coil spring 20 and either the first or second locking hole portion 21 or 22 is provided. , And the upper edge of the lid 15 can be locked.

The surface portion of the lid 15 on the vehicle compartment side is formed into a curved surface shape curved along the surface shape of the bulging portion 2 of the door trim 1, and the upper edge of the lid 15 is formed in the first locking hole portion 21. When in the locked first locking position (position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2), a curved surface that is substantially continuous with the surface of the bulging portion 2 before and after the pocket recess 2b can be formed. . Then, when a relatively large item (for example, a large-format map book) is stored in the pocket space 10a, the lid 15 is locked at the second locking position where the upper edge is locked in the second locking hole 22. By positioning it at the position shown by the broken line in FIG. 2, the opening area of the pocket opening 10b and the storage volume of the door pocket 10 can be substantially expanded.

Further, when the lid 15 is located at either the first or second locking position, the closed space 25 is defined by the back surface of the lid 15 and the wall surface of the pocket recess 2b.
The space 25 can be used as a second pocket with a lid, which is different from the door pocket 10, and can store a relatively small object such as a driver's license or a highway pass ticket.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the lid 15 having the lower edge pivotally attached to the outer edge of the opening 10b is provided above the door pocket opening 10b, and the surface of the lid 15 is The lid 15 is placed at either the first locking position along the curved shape of the bulging portion 2 of the door trim 1 or the second locking position where the upper side of the door pocket opening 10b is opened wider. Since the locking device 16 that can be locked is provided, the lid 15 is normally positioned at the first locking position to maintain the design of the vehicle interior while the door pocket 10 accommodates a relatively large one. In some cases, the lid 15 may be located at the second locking position to substantially expand the storage capacity and opening area of the door pocket 10.

That is, the storage capacity and the opening area of the door pocket 10 can be sufficiently secured when necessary without impairing the interior design of the vehicle interior, and conventionally, a problem caused by the stored article protruding to the vehicle interior side, that is, Therefore, it is possible to solve the problems that the stored items interfere with the occupant or the seat 12, hinder the occupant's entry / exit operation, or hinder the rotational operation of the regulator handle 6.

Although the above-mentioned embodiment is directed to the door pocket 10 provided in the door trim 1 of the automobile, the present invention is not limited to the door trim and is also applied to a small article storage device provided in the interior trim of another vehicle compartment. Of course, you can do it.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings are all for explaining the embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a door trim, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a locking device. Is a perspective view, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional explanatory view in the BB direction of FIG. 1 ... door trim, 2 ... bulging portion, 10 ... door pocket, 10b ... pocket opening, 11 ... hinge axis, 1
5 ... Lid, 16 ... Lock device, 21 ... First locking hole, 22 ... Second locking hole.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A small article storage device for a vehicle, which is provided in a vehicle interior trim having a bulging portion that bulges toward a vehicle compartment, wherein the small article container has an opening that opens upward. A wall member having a lower edge pivotally attached above the opening, and the wall member has an upper edge on the vehicle interior side at a lower portion of the bulging portion. A first locking position where the surface of the wall member is locked along the curved surface of the bulging portion, or the upper edge of the wall member is locked at a portion outside the vehicle compartment at a lower portion of the bulging portion. A small article storage device for a vehicle, characterized in that a locking means capable of locking the wall member is provided at either one of the second locking positions where the upper side of the small case opening is opened more widely.