JPH11208270A - Mesh window with storage function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate switching between used/unused so as to eliminate the necessity to remove it even when the vehicle is running by stretching a mesh to a frame, pivotally supporting the frame by the window bearing, thus making it possible to be held at a location opposing to the window or at a location opposing to the compartment roof. SOLUTION: A mesh 22 is stretched to a rectangular frame 21 that can closely contact with the door trim of a side window 20. The frame 21 is pivotally supported at the upper part of the side window 20 with an assist grip 23 or the like. On the side opposite of the pivotally supported side of the frame 21, a surface fastener 25 is attached on the both front/rear sides as means to hold the mesh window. Surface fasteners 26, 28 are further provided on the lower side of the vehicle window 20 and a roof of the vehicle compartment 27 such that they can be engaged to the surface fastener 26 on the frame 21. This structure allows the mesh window to be used as a shade or protection against insects as well as a storage for small items by swinging upward to be held at the roof when unused as aforementioned.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mesh window having a storage function. More specifically, the present invention relates to a mesh window provided with a storage function in which a vehicle screen door is installed on a movable frame and can be turned down when not in use, and can hold and hold small items when it is turned down.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a light shielding curtain has been used for a sunshade on a window of a vehicle. Fig. 3 shows one example of this,
It is a figure showing the sun visor for vehicles indicated in 6-93321 gazette. As shown in the figure, the first position is attached to the front wall 2 of the vehicle interior 1 and the upper wall of the side window 3 and does not hinder the occupant's view through the window 2 or 3 and the first position. A sun visor body 4 that can be moved to a second position for covering the upper part of the inside and reducing solar radiation to an occupant, and the sun visor body 4 has a curtain member 5 that can be wound up and pulled out.
And an engaging member 6 provided at a lower end portion of the curtain member 5, and engaged members 7, 7 which lock the engaging member 6 below the front window 2 and the side windows 3. 'Is provided. Then, as shown in the figure, the curtain member 5 is pulled out from the sun visor main body 4, and the engaging member 6 is engaged with the engaged member 7, so that the solar radiation can be prevented.

[0003] Fig. 4 shows another example of the construction of Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 63-1.
It is a figure which shows the sun visor which incorporates the awning sheet described in Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 60217. That is, a sunshade sheet 10 is rolled into a sun visor 9 attached to a vehicle body above the front window 8, and the sunshade sheet 10 is provided with elastic means for accumulating a return force in the winding direction by pulling out the sunshade sheet 10. At the same time, a fixing piece 11 such as a suction cup is provided at an end of the sunshade sheet on the drawing side. And the sun shade sheet 10 from the sun visor 9
And the fixing piece 11 is locked to the lower portion of the front window 8 to prevent sunlight.

FIG. 5 shows still another example, which is shown in FIG.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the hand operation | movement automatic opening / closing sun shade apparatus of vehicles, such as an automobile, described in 3-185718. This is a blind connected to the tip of a telescopic rod 13 which is mounted near a window glass surface of a vehicle such as an automobile and has a roll-shaped light-shielding body 12 having a curtain return spring, and which expands and contracts with a flexible rack wound around a power-driven winding drum gear. The support arm 14 supports one end of the light shield 12,
Is operated by an on / off operation of a hand switch provided near the driver's seat or another seat, so that the light shielding body 12 can be opened and closed.

[0005] By the way, each of the above awning devices can exert an effect on awning, but it was impossible to function as a screen door when taking a nap in a car in summer. Therefore, a mesh window has been developed using a black mesh to alleviate solar radiation and prevent insect invasion. This is shown in FIG.
A net 16 is arranged on the outside, and the upper part can be hooked on the window glass, and the lower part can be fixed to the vehicle body 18 by the magnet 17.

[0006]

In the above conventional mesh window, since it is fixed by a magnet or the like,
There is a danger of falling off when the vehicle is running. Therefore, the mesh window itself must be removed when the vehicle is running. For this reason, there is a problem that it takes time and effort to mount and remove, and when it is not used, it is troublesome to store the device itself.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention makes it possible to easily switch between use and non-use, and does not need to be detached even during running. It is an object to realize a mesh window having a function of holding and storing small items.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a mesh 22 is stretched over a frame 21 having a shape corresponding to a window frame of a window 20 of a vehicle. The frame 21 is rotatably supported by a bearing 24, and the frame 21 is located at a position facing the window 20 by a holding means or the ceiling 2 of the vehicle interior.
7 can be held at a position facing the same.
The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that the mesh 22 enables light shielding and insect repellency. Also,
The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the holding means is provided with a surface fastener 25 provided on a side of the frame 21 opposite to the side on which the shaft is supported,
It is characterized by comprising surface fasteners 26 and 28 provided below the window 20 and on the ceiling 27 of the vehicle interior.

By adopting this structure, the frame 21 can be used for light shielding or insect repelling by lowering the frame 21 and fixing the surface fastener 25 in close contact with the surface fastener 26 provided on the vehicle body side. When not used for insect repellency, it can be flipped up and the surface fastener 25 can be fixed in close contact with the surface fastener 28 provided on the ceiling part 27 of the vehicle cabin to have a function as an accessory case.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is a tension spring 31 in which the holding means can hold the frame 21 between the frame 21 and the vehicle cabin wall so as to face the window 20 or the ceiling. It is characterized by the following. By adopting this configuration, the frame 21
Switching in the up-down direction is ensured.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a state in which an embodiment of the present invention is mounted in a vehicle interior. FIG. 1 (a) is a perspective view, and FIG.
Is a sectional view. In this embodiment, a mesh 22 is stretched on a substantially rectangular frame 21 which can be in close contact with the door trim of the side window 20, as shown in FIG. (A bearing 24 is separately provided in the figure). The surface fastener 2 is used as a holding means on both front and back sides of the side opposite to the side on which the frame 20 is axially supported.
5 is attached to the frame fastener 21 provided on the frame 21 below the window 20 of the vehicle and on the ceiling 27 of the vehicle interior.
5, surface fasteners 26 and 28 are provided.

In this embodiment configured as described above, when used for shading or insect repelling, the frame 21 is positioned at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 1B and the surface fastener 25 is provided on the vehicle body side. And fixed to the surface fastener 26. Also, when not used for shading or insect repellent,
In FIG. 1B, as shown by a two-dot chain line in the frame 21,
It is flipped up and the surface fastener 25 is fixed in close contact with the surface fastener 28 provided on the ceiling part 27 of the passenger compartment.

This embodiment which can be moved up and down in this manner is effective for light shielding or insect repelling at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 1B, and is shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1B. The position shown does not obstruct the occupant and
As shown in (a), it can be used as a glove compartment such as a glove 29 and a hat 30.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is obtained by adding a tension spring 31 as holding means to the previous embodiment. The tension spring 31 has one end locked to the frame 21 and the other end locked to a locking portion 32 provided near the bearing 24.

In this embodiment constructed as described above, a frame 21 is provided by a tension spring 31 as shown by a solid line in FIG.
Is held opposite the side window 20, or 2
It can be held opposite to the ceiling 27 as shown by the dotted line. In this case, the surface fasteners 25, 26, 28 can also cooperate with the tension spring 31. And, as in the previous embodiment, it also has a function as a light-shielding / insect-proof and accessory storage. The surface fasteners 25, 26, 28 can be omitted.

Although the two embodiments have been described with reference to the side window, the present invention can be applied to a rear window.

[0017]

According to the mesh window having a storage function of the present invention, a frame with a mesh stretched is rotatably provided, and the frame is lowered downward so that the surface fastener or spring is located at a position facing the window. It can be used for light shielding or insect repellent by holding it in, and when not in use, it can be flipped up to the top and held as a small container by holding it on the ceiling with a surface fastener or spring . Switching up and down at this time is extremely easy,
It is also safe when traveling and does not need to be removed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1A and 1B are diagrams showing a state in which an embodiment of the present invention is mounted in a vehicle interior, wherein FIG. 1A is a perspective view and FIG.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an automotive sun visor device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 56-93321.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a sun visor incorporating a sunshade sheet disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 63-160217, (a) showing a state where the sun visor is mounted in a vehicle interior, and (b) a perspective view of the sun visor.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a hand-operated automatic opening / closing sun shade device for a vehicle such as an automobile disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 63-185718.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a conventional mesh window.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 side window 21 frame 22 mesh 23 assistant grip 24 bearing 25, 26, 28 hook-and-loop fastener 31 tension spring 32 locking part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A mesh (22) is stretched over a frame (21) having a shape corresponding to the window frame of a vehicle window (20).
1) is rotatably supported by a bearing (24) above the window (20), and the frame (21) is opposed to the window (20) by holding means or a ceiling (27) in the vehicle compartment. A mesh window having a storage function characterized in that the mesh window can be held at a position opposed to the mesh window. 2. The mesh window with a storage function according to claim 1, wherein said mesh (22) is capable of shielding light and preventing insects. 3. The surface fastener (25), wherein the holding means is provided on a side of the frame (21) opposite to the side on which the shaft is supported.
The mesh window having a storage function according to claim 1, comprising a surface fastener (26, 28) provided below the window (20) and in a ceiling part (27) of the vehicle interior. 4. A tension spring (31) between said frame (21) and a cabin wall, said holding means being capable of holding said frame (21) facing a window (20) or a ceiling. The mesh window having a storage function according to claim 1, wherein: