JPH11105630A - Tonneau cover for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a tonneau cover in the table state so that it does not make an obstacle when not in use in the tonneau cover for an automobile for covering a cargo mounted on a deck room. SOLUTION: Four corners of a first tonneau cover body 10 in the table state having a storage part are pivotally supported by the tip end of a stay 12 stood at a floor 1 of a deck room so as to enable standing and falling, a second tonneau cover body 11 is stored in a storing part in capable of being drawn, the both ends of its front end is pivotally supported by the tip end of a stay 17, and a hinge bracket 14 is provided on the floor which removably attaches and supports its base end in capable of standing and falling. At the upper end of the stay 12 at the rear of a first tonneau cover body 10, this stay is locked at an optical rear falling position, and a lock mechanism is provided which is operated by a lever 21 provided at the rear end of the first tonneau cover body 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile tonneau cover for covering luggage mounted in a deck room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In place of a net-type tonneau cover for covering luggage mounted in a deck room, a table-like tonneau cover is also known.

[0003]

In the case of such a tonneau cover fixed in a fixed shape, the baggage can be mounted on the back side of the tonnage cover and can be mounted on the upper side thereof, but it is bulky. Therefore, when not in use, luggage cannot be loaded directly on the floor of the deck room, and even if the remaining space is used, it is greatly restricted, and ingress and egress are inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a table-shaped tonneau cover which does not interfere when not in use.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided, in accordance with the present invention, a tonneau cover for a vehicle for covering luggage mounted in a deck room, comprising: The four corners of the first tonneau cover body are pivotally supported on the distal end of a stay that can be raised and lowered on the floor of the deck room, and the second tonneau cover body is retractably stored in the storage portion, and both sides of the front end thereof. A hinge bracket that pivotally supports the distal end of the stay, detachably attaches the proximal end thereof, and supports it so that it can be turned upside down, is provided on the upper end of the stay on the rear side of the first tonneau cover body, A lock mechanism is provided that locks the stay at an arbitrary backward position and is operated by a lever provided at a rear end of the first tonneau cover body.

When not in use, the second tonneau cover body folds its stay away from the hinge bracket,
The first tonneau cover is retracted and stored in the state stored in the main body. In use, the first tonneau cover main body is raised and locked in a vertical position or an arbitrary inclined position.
The second tonneau cover body is pulled out, and the base end of the stay is fitted to the hinge bracket, so that the first
Of the tonneau cover body.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A tonneau cover according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This tonneau cover pivotally supports the four corners of a table-like tonneau cover body 10 having a storage part therein at a tip end of a stay 12 erected on the floor 1 of a deck room so as to be able to be turned upside down, and a drawer-type table-like part is provided in the storage part. The tonneau cover body 11 is housed. As shown in FIG. 6, the base end of the stay 12 is connected to a hinge bracket 14 which is screwed to the floor 1 with a bolt 14a, and a pin 1 which is screwed with a bolt 15a.
5 are hingedly connected. At the lower end of one of the stays 12 on the rear side, a tooth shape 16 is formed at a circular position with respect to the rotation center point, and a rack 19a meshing with the tooth shape and a spring for urging the rack backward are provided. Is attached. Both sides of the front end of the tonneau cover body 11 are pivotally supported by stays 17 stored on the back side when not in use. The hinge bracket 14 is provided on the rear surface of the seat back 5 of the rear seat, as shown in FIG. 7B.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the tonneau cover main body 10 is positioned 90 degrees from the position along the tonneau cover main body.
A rectangular parallelepiped luggage stopper 20 having a space formed therein is supported so as to rotate and protrude. That is, a ring-shaped groove is formed in the portion of the tonneau cover main body 10 facing the side portion with respect to the rotation center point so that the bearing portion 2 is formed.
9 is formed, and the edge of the circular opening formed on the side of the baggage stop 20 is engaged.

A lever 21 is accommodated in the rear part of the luggage stopper 20, and is attached to a shaft 22 supported by a bearing part 20a protruding from the rear surface of the luggage stopper 20. A coil spring 25 is mounted on the shaft to return the lever 21 from an operation position where the lever 21 projects from the surface of the baggage stopper 20 to an original position where the lever 21 is flush with the same position. A gap 21 a for inserting a finger is formed at the front of the lever 21. An upper end 21b of a claw 23, which is locked to a hook 2 provided on the floor 1, is pivotally attached to the lever 21, and protrudes from the lower surface of the luggage stopper 20 halfway so as to swing the claw. It is pivotally supported by the shaft support 20b.

On one side of the lever 21, a luggage stopper 2 is provided.
The rod 30 is rotatably projected in the vehicle width direction in order to constitute a lock mechanism for restraining the position 0 at a projecting position rotated by 90 ° with respect to the tonneau cover main body 10 and a non-projecting position on the same plane. This rod is pivotally attached to a rear end of a claw 32 which is provided on a side surface of the bearing portion 29 and is locked by a locking plate 31 having locking grooves 31a and 31b. In order to support the pawl so that it can swing, the middle position is
The pin 33 is pivotally supported by a bracket 27 protruding from the upper surface of the bracket 0 and is urged by a spring 33 in the engagement direction. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 4A, the claw 32 is locked in the locking groove 31a in the retracted position, and the luggage stopper 20 is attached to the tonneau cover main body 10.
Locked to. When the lever 21 is operated to the dotted line position, the pawl 32 swings against the spring force and separates from the locking groove 31a, and can be turned from the horizontal position to the position shown in FIG. Release your hand from the lock groove 31b
Is locked. Accordingly, the luggage stopper 20 is locked in a state where the luggage stopper 20 protrudes in the vertical direction with respect to the tonneau cover main body 10, thereby preventing the loaded luggage from sliding backward. It is to be noted that forward sliding can be prevented by the seat back 5 of the rear seat and the headrest 6 located at the front.

Further, on one side of the lever 21, a rod 40 is protrudingly provided to constitute a lock mechanism for restraining the stay 12 at an arbitrary intermittent tilt position between the horizontal position and the vertical position. I have. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the rod extends forward from the lever 21 and is bent to the side, passes through an opening in the locking plate 31 located at the center of rotation of the baggage stopper 20, and is coupled. It is connected to the rod 40a via 45. The coupling 45 includes the rod 4
It is configured to be slip-fitted so that the zero rotation is not transmitted and the idle rotation is performed, and the movement in the direction perpendicular to the rotation axis is transmitted. At the upper end of the stay 12,
A bearing portion 49 for pivotally supporting the tonneau cover main body 10 is formed by engaging an edge of an opening formed in a side portion of the tonneau cover main body 10 with a ring-shaped groove formed therein. On its side surface, a circular tooth shape 41 is formed with respect to the rotation center point for locking the claw 42.
A rod 40a is pivotally attached to the rear end of the claw 42,
In order to swingably support the pawl 42, a halfway position thereof is pivotally supported by a bracket 42 projecting from the upper surface of the tonneau cover main body 10 with a pin 42 a and urged by a spring 43 in the engaging direction.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 5A, when the baggage stopper 20 is rotated to its operating position and the stay 12 is raised in the vertical direction, the pawl 42 is engaged with the locking groove 41 at the corresponding position.
a, and the stay 12 is locked to the tonneau cover main body 10. When the lever 21 is operated as shown in FIG. 7C, the pawl 42 is engaged with the locking groove 41a via the rods 40 and 40a.
When the hand is released from the lever 21 at the position where the stay 12 is tilted as shown in FIG. B, for example, the claw 42 is locked in the locking groove 41a at the corresponding position and locked.

Since the distance between the pivotal position of the pawl 42 and the pivotal position with the rod 40 is set shorter than the distance between the pivotal position of the pawl 32 and the pivotal position with the rod 30, the load With the stopper 20 locked, the lever 21 can be operated shallowly to finely adjust the lock position of the stay 12.

The operation of the thus constructed tonneau cover is as follows. When not in use, the stay 17 is separated from the hinge bracket 14 and folded, and the tonneau cover 1
1 is stored in the tonneau cover main body 10 and the stay 12 is retracted, and is stored in a state shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Although a driving force acts on the stay 12 in the rising direction by the driving body 19, the storage position is held by the hook 23 being locked by the hook 23.

When covering the luggage 9 loaded in the deck room or loading it on the tonneau cover, the lever 2
When the claw 23 is disengaged from the hook 2 by operating 1, the stay 12 is driven in the direction in which the stay 12 is raised by the driving body 19,
It can be easily raised in a vertical position (see FIG. 7A) or in any tilted position. When the luggage stopper 20 is protruded from the tonneau cover body 10 at an orthogonal position and the lever 21 is released, the luggage stopper 2
0 is locked to the tonneau cover body 10, and the stay 12 is also locked to the tonneau cover body 10. If the stay 12 is moved backward when the luggage 9 is taken out, the luggage 9 is pulled toward the user, making it easier to take out the luggage.

When the tonneau cover surface is widened, as shown in FIG. 7B, the cushion 7 of the rear seat is shifted forward to attach the headrest 6 and the seat back 5.
Are brought forward in the same plane so as to constitute a floor. Next, the tonneau cover body 11 is loaded to load the luggage 9a.
Is pulled out, the stay 17 is positioned parallel to the stay 12, and the base end of the stay 17 is
Is removed, inserted through the insertion hole, screwed again with the bolt 15a, and supported so that it can be turned upside down.

The lock mechanism using the rods 30, 40 described above may be provided at symmetrical positions on both sides in the vehicle width direction. Further, the drawer-type tonneau cover main body may be configured to be supported on the original floor without being supported by the seat back depending on the structure of the deck room.

[0018]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it can be stored along the floor when not in use, can be raised at the time of use and can be set to an arbitrary height, and the cover surface can be extended in a drawer type. A table-shaped tonneau cover can be realized. According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily move the load placed on the tonneau cover to the back of the deck room while lifting the load using the driving body. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the luggage stopper is rotatably protruded from the rear end of the tonneau cover body, so that the luggage stopper can be set at a position along the tonneau cover when not in use, so that it does not obstruct the use. Sometimes it is possible to prevent the luggage from sliding backwards. According to the invention of claim 4, when the rear seat is converted to the floor of the deck room, the tonneau cover can be formed on the rear seat so as to widen the tonneau cover surface.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tonneau cover of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an internal structure of a rear end portion of the tonneau cover in a retracted state.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an upright state of the internal structure of the tonneau cover.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view showing a lock mechanism of the luggage stopper.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing a lock mechanism of the stay.

FIG. 6 is a side view illustrating a hinge bracket of the stay.

FIG. 7 is a side view illustrating a use state of the tonneau cover.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 floor 2 hook 10, 11 tonneau cover body 12, 17 stay 14 hinge bracket 16, 41 tooth form 19 driver 19a rack 20 luggage stop 21 lever 23, 32, 42 claw 31a, 31b, 41a locking groove

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A tonneau cover for an automobile for covering luggage mounted in a deck room, wherein four corners of a table-like first tonneau cover body having a storage portion are erected on the floor of the deck room so as to be capable of falling. The second tonneau cover main body is pivotally supported at the distal end of the stay, and the second tonneau cover body is retractably stored in the storage portion, and both front ends of the second tonneau cover are pivotally supported at the distal end of the stay,
A hinge bracket for detachably mounting the base end portion and supporting the base so as to be capable of being turned up and down is provided on the floor, and the stay is provided at an upper end portion of the stay on the rear side of the first tonneau cover main body. A tonneau cover for an automobile, wherein a lock mechanism is provided which is locked at a position and is operated by a lever provided at a rear end of the first tonneau cover body. 2. A plurality of teeth are formed in a circular shape with respect to the center of rotation at a base end of a stay on the rear side of the first tonneau cover body, and a rack meshing with the teeth is raised from a backward position. A driving body for driving the stay is restrained by the driving body.
2. A motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said first tonneau cover body is provided with a claw which is engaged with a hook provided on said floor and which is operated by a lever provided on said rear end. Tono cover. 3. The luggage stopper is pivotally movable between a position protruding from the first tonneau cover main body and a position not protruding from the first tonneau cover body.
And a lock mechanism that is supported at the rear end of the tonneau cover body, locks the luggage stopper at a projecting position, and is operated at a rear end by a lever provided on the luggage stopper. A tonneau cover for an automobile according to claim 1. 4. A vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a stay hinge bracket for pivotally supporting both sides of the front end of the second tonneau cover body is provided on a rear seat constituting a floor of a deck room by tilting forward. Tono cover.