JPH07125543A - Body cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a body cover that is able to reduce labor in time of setting work and to shorten a span of ovation time and, what is more, to abate the cost of production through a simple structure by actualizing a semiautomatic folding function, in this body cover available for a passenger car or the like. CONSTITUTION:Each turnup part 2, where a fold is set up in the longitudinal direction of almost square covering cloth 1 having a size capable of covering a car body, is installed plural spots in the horizontal direction of the cloth 1, and these plural turnup parts 2 are turn up alternately and the cloth 1 is folded in piles, and both longitudinal ends of the folded-up cloth 1 are collected respectively adhered with one another, whereby fold-up collecting ends 3 are formed. A guide 4 cable of insertion or engagement of a cord material is set up in a cloth surface and a cloth peripheral edge of parts covering loath front and rear parts of the car body out of the cloth 1. An engaged means 5 capable of being engaged with the car body is equipped in at least one side of these fold-up collecting ends 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle body cover for use on, for example, a passenger car, and more particularly to a vehicle body cover in which folding operation of the cover is performed semi-automatically.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional vehicle body cover, all the unfolding and folding work of the cover accompanying the attachment / detachment are performed manually, and fixed to the trunk hatch opening / closing part of the vehicle body for convenience of unfolding and folding work. It is well known that an opening of a bag for storing a cover is connected to a corresponding portion on the back surface of the cover so that the cover is locked to the vehicle body.

On the other hand, in order to facilitate the attachment / detachment work of the cover, a plurality of rows of guides through which a string is inserted are provided on the cover surface so that the cover is folded when the string is pulled. It is also well known. ,

[0004]

In the conventional attaching / detaching work of the vehicle body cover, the work of unfolding the cover folded in advance according to the procedure and mounting it on the vehicle body can be carried out relatively easily, but the folding work is unclean. In order to prevent the cover surface from directly touching the vehicle body and touching the back surface of the cover to prevent it from becoming dirty, and in order not to interfere with the next deployment and installation work, follow the stipulated procedures and perform careful and careful manual work. Since it needs to be folded, it is very troublesome and requires technical skill, labor and time. Even if the cover is fastened to the vehicle body to facilitate the procedure of the folding work, the folding work itself needs to be performed by careful and careful manual work requiring skill as in the above case, which is inconvenient. Could not be resolved.

On the other hand, in a vehicle body cover in which a plurality of rows of guides are provided on the surface of the cover to pass a cord and the cord is pulled, the cover can be folded semi-automatically. However, since the string is often entangled and the folding operation is hindered, the automatic folding operation is not reliable when it is repeatedly used, and due to the complicated structure such as providing many guides on the cover surface. Compared to the usual car body cover, it took much more time to manufacture, and there was a concern that the momentum and cost would increase.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a vehicle body cover according to the present invention has a rectangular or substantially rectangular cover material having a size capable of covering the vehicle body, and the material for the cover material. The folds with folds set in the vertical direction (direction corresponding to the front-back direction of the vehicle body) are provided at multiple locations in the lateral direction of the fabric (direction corresponding to the width direction of the vehicle body), and the multiple folds are alternated. It is formed by folding back and folding the dough, and folding and assembling both ends of the folded dough in the longitudinal direction, and adhering them together.

[0007] For example, guides are provided on the cloth surface and the cloth peripheral edge of the cloth covering the front portion and the rear portion of the cloth, through which a cord-like material can be inserted or locked.

[0008] For example, a locking means that can be locked to the vehicle body is attached to either one or both of the folded and laminated end portions provided at both longitudinal ends of the cloth, and the locking means is
For example, it is provided with at least a fastener that can be attached to and detached from a tow hook attached to a vehicle body, and a connecting member that can connect the fastener and the folded and assembled end portion.

[0009]

The vehicle body cover according to the present invention can be mounted on the vehicle by deploying the cover which has been folded in advance on the vehicle body in order and covering it with a locking means provided at the folded and assembled end portion of the cover. In this case, the cover is put on while locking the locking means at a predetermined position such as a towing hook of the vehicle body.

Next, in the folding storage of the cover mounted on the vehicle body, first, when the edges of the cover are rolled up at the front portion and the rear portion of the vehicle body, the folded and assembled end portions respectively appear.
For example, when a person stands in front of and behind the vehicle body and holds each of the folding end portions that have appeared and pulls each other in the hand, or, as described above, a locking means is attached to the folding end portion of the cover. Since at least one folding end assembly is fastened to and supported by the vehicle body by the locking means, the other folding end assembly is held and pulled by one person. Then, tension is applied to the cover material between the two folding end portions, so that the covers extending in the width direction of the vehicle body are gathered within the folding width range of the folding end portions at both ends and It is folded according to the folding shape of the laminated assembly end and is automatically folded into a vertically long strip. Therefore, the cover folded in the form of a strip is folded in the longitudinal direction or rolled into a roll to complete the folding.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 exemplify an embodiment of a vehicle body cover according to the present invention, in which the cover material 1 of a rectangular or substantially rectangular shape having a size capable of covering the vehicle body is arranged in the longitudinal direction (corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. ), The folding part 2 with the crease set,
The fabric 1 is provided at a plurality of positions in the lateral direction (corresponding to the width direction of the vehicle body) (see FIG. 1), and the plurality of folded portions 2,
2. ． ． ． Alternately fold back and fold dough 1 (Fig. 2
(See FIG. 3), the longitudinally opposite ends of the folded dough 1 are assembled and bonded (for example, by sewing).

In the vehicle body cover according to this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the back surface of the cloth 1 at the beginning and the end of the folding, that is, the surface contacting the vehicle body is exposed to the outside.
Since the soiled cloth surface is folded inside, the folding operation can be performed without transferring dirt from the front surface to the back surface of the cloth 1.

According to the present embodiment, the folded-back portions 2 are provided at five places at equal intervals with respect to the cloth 1. For example, in order to make the shape of the cover correspond to the shape of the vehicle body, the folded-back portions 2 are formed. It is conceivable that the installation intervals may be partially unequal or that the number of the folded-back portions 2 installed may be increased or decreased.

Further, the cover cloth 1 according to this embodiment is composed of one seamless rectangular cloth, but it is also conceivable to join a plurality of cloths to form one rectangular cloth. Further, a bag body corresponding to the protruding shape of the mirror may be attached to a portion of the cloth 1 corresponding to the rearview mirror (door mirror or fender mirror) attached to the vehicle body.

Guides 4 and 4 through which a cord-shaped material can be inserted or locked on the cloth surface and the cloth peripheral portion of the cloth 1 covering the front part and the rear part of the vehicle body. ． ． ． Is installed.

On one of the folded and folded end portions 3 and 3,
A locking means 5 that can be locked to the vehicle body is provided, and the locking means 5 is, for example, a fastener 7 that can be attached to and detached from at least a tow hook attached to the vehicle body, and the fastener 7 and the folded-over portion. It comprises a connecting member 6 (for example, a string) that can be connected to the assembled end portion 3.

The structure of the locking means 5 and the fastener 7 thereof and the method of locking the locking means to the vehicle body are not limited to the method of fastening to the tow hook attached to the vehicle body, for example, shown in FIG. As described above, a wide variety of configurations and locking methods are conceivable, such as a method in which a suction board that can be sucked onto the vehicle body surface is used as the fastener 7, and the fastener 7 is provided at the apex portion of the connecting member 6 made of a triangular cloth material. To be

To mount the vehicle body cover on the vehicle according to this embodiment, first, as shown in FIG. 5, the fastener 7 of the cover retaining means 5 is engaged with, for example, the towing hook F at the rear of the vehicle body,
Spread the folded cover in the front-back direction of the vehicle body. ． ． ． Since they are alternately folded by, they have a long belt-like state in the front and back as shown in the figure. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, when the peripheral portion of the cover is widened and covered with the vehicle body, the cover is attached to the vehicle body as shown in FIG.

In the present embodiment, as described above, the guides 4, 4 are respectively provided on the corresponding portions of the front and rear parts of the vehicle body.
4. ． ． ． Are provided, the front and rear guides 4, 4 ,. ． ． ． If each of them is locked through the rubber rope R, the peripheral edge of the cover will be squeezed forward and backward like a mouth of a sack and it will bite to the lower part of the vehicle body, and tension will be applied to the slack part of the cover surface to loosen it. Will be resolved. As a result, wind blow of the cover covering the vehicle body is prevented, and the shape of the cover surface is appropriately adjusted according to the vehicle body shape.

The folded storage of the attached cover is as follows.
The guides 4, 4. ． ． ． When the cover is restrained using the rubber rope R and the restraint, the restraint is released, but at this time, the restraint of the cover can be released by only loosening the tension of the rubber rope R.
Guide 4,4. ． ． ． There is no problem even if the cover is folded and unfolded while still passing through. Next, as shown in FIG. 8, when the peripheral portion of the cover is rolled up between the front portion and the rear portion of the vehicle body, the folded and assembled end portions 3 appear,
As described above, since the folding assembly end portion 3 on the rear side of the vehicle body is fastened to and supported by the hook F of the vehicle body by the fastener 7 of the locking means 5, the folding assembly end portion 3 on the front side of the vehicle body is Hold it in your hand and pull it. Then, since tension is applied to the cover material 1 between the front and rear folding assembly ends 3-3, the cover developed in the width direction of the vehicle body has a folding width of the folding assembly ends 3 and 3 at both ends. While gathering in the range,
According to the folded shape of the folded and assembled end portions 3 and 3, the folded and folded end portions 3 and 3 are folded and automatically folded into a vertically long strip shape, and the state shown in FIG. 5 is again obtained. Therefore, folding the band-shaped cover in the vertical direction (from the front part to the rear part of the vehicle body in the example of FIG. 5) or rolling it in a roll shape completes the folding, and finally the fastener 7 is removed from the hook F. ,
The folded cover may be stored in a storage bag (not shown).

[0021]

The vehicle body cover according to the present invention has a folding portion 2 in which a fold line corresponding to the longitudinal direction, that is, the front-back direction of the vehicle body is set with respect to the rectangular or substantially rectangular cover cloth 1.
Are provided side by side, and the folded portions 2, 2. ． ． ． Are alternately folded back to fold the dough 1, and the longitudinal end portions of the folded dough 1 are respectively assembled and adhered to each other. When 3 is pulled by hand and tension is applied to the cover, the developed cover is folded and folded according to the folding shape of the folding and assembling end portion 3, and is automatically folded into a simple strip shape. Therefore, most of the conventional manual work such as carefully and carefully folding the cover so that the front and back of the cover are not touched is simplified, and the manual folding becomes a band shape by the automatic folding. Only a very small part of the work such as folding the cover in the longitudinal direction is necessary, and the cover folded orderly in this way also facilitates the procedure of the cover unfolding work the next time it is installed. The cover can be easily attached and folded without requiring any skill, and as a result, the labor required for attaching and detaching the cover is greatly reduced and the attaching / detaching time is shortened.

Finally, the vehicle body cover according to the present invention has a very simple and simple structure in which rectangular fabrics are alternately folded and both ends thereof are assembled and adhered, but the vehicle body cover is surely adapted to the shape of each part of the vehicle body. It realizes both the basic function of the cover while covering the car and it is hard to be blown by the wind and the semi-automatic folding function.Compared with the conventional semi-automatic folding type body cover with a complicated structure, the semi-automatic folding mechanism of the repeated use is The reliability and reliability of the operation are extremely high, and the cost required for its production can be greatly reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an initial stage of a manufacturing process of an embodiment of a vehicle body cover according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a middle stage of a manufacturing process of the vehicle body cover shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a completed state of the vehicle body cover shown in FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of locking means attached to the vehicle body cover according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the first half of the mounting procedure of the vehicle body cover shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and the second half of the folding procedure.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the latter half of the procedure for mounting the vehicle body cover shown in FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the body cover shown in FIGS.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the first half of the folding procedure of the vehicle body cover shown in FIGS.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Fabric for body cover 2,2. ． ． ． Folded back part 3,3 Folded and assembled end part 4,4. ． ． ． A guide for inserting a string-like material provided on the surface and the peripheral edge of the cover cloth 5 A locking means provided at the end of the folded and assembled assembly 6 A connecting member for the locking means 7 A fastener for the locking means R The guides 4, 4 ． ． ． ． A string-like material that can be inserted into and locked in a rope, for example, a rubber rope F Towing hook attached to a car body

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. In a rectangular or substantially rectangular cover cloth having a size capable of covering a vehicle body, a fold portion having a fold line set in a longitudinal direction of the cloth, that is, a direction corresponding to the front-back direction of the vehicle body, The fabric is provided at a plurality of positions in the lateral direction, that is, the direction corresponding to the width direction of the vehicle body, and the fabric is folded by alternately folding the plurality of folded portions, and the folded fabric is assembled at both longitudinal ends. A vehicle body cover characterized in that a folded and laminated end portion for adhesion is provided. 2. The vehicle body cover according to claim 1, wherein guides for inserting or locking a cord-like material are provided on the cloth surface and the cloth peripheral edge, respectively, at corresponding portions of the cloth covering the front and rear portions of the cloth. 3. The vehicle body cover according to claim 1, wherein either or both of the folded and laminated end portions provided at both longitudinal ends of the cloth are provided with locking means capable of being locked to the vehicle body. 4. The locking means includes at least a fastener that can be attached to and detached from a tow hook attached to a vehicle body, and a connecting member that can connect the fastener and the folded and assembled end portion. The vehicle body cover according to claim 3.