NL1023660C2 - Storage unit with drawers for e.g. tools or camping equipment in vehicle, comprises pair of portal frames, vertical panels with drawer guides, cover panel and rollers for drawers - Google Patents

Abstract

The storage unit comprises 2 rigid portal frames, 4 vertical panels mounted between frames and provided with guides for >=3 drawers (14-18) on wheels, and cover panel (10). Rollers with locking devices help drawers slide in and out, and help position them. Extendible support profiles (19,20) and adaptor strips (21,22) with grips secure cover panel tightly inside vehicle (4). A system for the horizontal storage of e.g. materials, machines, tools, appliances or camping equipment in motor vehicles with a flat load compartment floor and a rear hatch or doors and/or side door, e.g. vans, minibuses, station wagons, estate cars or people carriers, comprises a horizontal storage unit with drawers. The unit can be dismantled and comprises two rigid rectangular portal frames made from metal and containing three rectangular openings for drawers. The frames are arranged so that they extend parallel to the rear hatch, rear doors or side door. Four vertical panels can be mounted in between the frames. A cover panel optionally containing ventilation holes is used to cover the frames and vertical panels, the latter being located in channel profiles on the underside of the panel. The cover panel optionally includes hatches (11-13) with recessed hinges. The vertical panels have guides for at least three drawers, each of which can include a partition arrangement and a cylinder lock (50). The drawers have a pair of wheels on their rear side. A roller with a locking device is provided for helping with the sliding in/out of the drawer and for fixing the drawer in a given position. Extendible support profiles made from metal and adaptor strips with grips are used to secure the cover panel tightly against the inside walls of the vehicle. An extension can be provided next to the rear hatch, rear doors or side door and a work or camping tent can be mounted on the rear hatch.

Description

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UNIVERSAL HORIZONTAL STORAGE SYSTEM FOR MAIN MOTOR VEHICLES WITH REAR OR SIDE ACCESS

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The invention relates to a device for universal horizontal storage of materials, machines, tools, all kinds of equipment, camping necessities, etc. in motor vehicles with a tailgate or rear doors and / or side door of, for example, vans, vans, station wagons, MPVs, etc., wherein said device is in fact a horizontal storage system or storage unit with drawer.

A somewhat similar device is known from French Patent Specification 2605 202 A1 of applicant and inventor FOLLIET, Henri, Jules of October 15, 1986.

This relates to a single large drawer which is movable and latchable in a housing and can be placed in the back of a delivery van, wherein said drawer 20 is intended for temporarily storing various objects and materials, the drawer or box having a spatially rectangular shape wherein said rolling of the drawer takes place by means of wheels over a rail in the underside of the fixed casing and locking with a barb operation takes place.

There are drawbacks to this known French system with regard to having only a very large drawer, which must be pushed out of its entirety when loaded in order to access the various stored items, which is very difficult for the user. is, if not nearly, unusable if the desired item is accidentally in the back of the drawer. A further drawback is that a messy gap is created between the storage unit and the walls of the van.

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An approximately similar device is also known

I from U.S. Patent No. 5,845,952, I

I entitled "Storage Unit for Pick-up Truck", from the I

I inventors Rick Michael Albertini, 12708 Bailey Str .; Paul I

I 5 Gerald Albertini, 12706 Bailey Str., Both of Whittier, I

I California 90601 of December 8, 1998. As far as I

I application, the storage unit again consists of a single large I

I drawer, which is in a casing on the floor of the pick-up I

I, whereby the drawer is not fully extendable I

I 10 and has a compartmentalization for different things, I

I materials or parts. In the top of the I

I enclosure, the actual new floor of the pick-up, is I

I provided a portion of the cover plate with the housing I

I of an open hinged hatch, so that not the entire I

I 15 drawer must be extendable. This solution also I

I have objections that with heavy loading of the drawer, this I

I with end extension actually supported at the end I

I must be, giving to the strength properties of the I

I drawer and the guide constructions become very high requirements I

I 20. In short, it is a rather awkward construction, I

I where the rear of said pick-up truck is entirely I

I rebuilt / c.q. must be trimmed to size, so that I

I is not universally applicable to the I

I different types and brands of vans. I

Furthermore, a similar device is known from I

U.S. Patent No. 4,830,272 entitled: I

"Tray Apparatus For Vehicles", from the inventor Charles N. I

I Painter, Box 4077C, New River Stage 1, Phoenix, Arizona I

I 85029, issued May 16, 1989. I

I 30 It is also a kind of single drawer built into an I

enclosure for pick-up trucks, vans, and I

I similar motor vehicles, where the casing is an I

frame comprises of square tube profiles to the whole as I

I 1023660 *: X 1 '3 unit to be able to place in various mentioned vehicles. The large single drawer must be extended and includes a support on the earth. All kinds of side drawers can then be extended and the last space of the large single drawer located at the exit is provided with a hinged flap. This construction or embodiment also suffers from all kinds of drawbacks with regard to practical use, such as the far-reaching extension of the single drawer, and then the support, the many side drawers and the complicated casing built up from a frame, which is always tailor-made for a specific design. another vehicle has to be manufactured because a universal embodiment is not possible with this system.

The object of the present invention is to provide a universal horizontal storage system for mainly rear-end motor vehicles, to which the above-mentioned drawbacks do not arise and whose use and operation are much more efficient and better in practice, while the cost price is competitive for an economical one. use it.

For this purpose the device for universal horizontal storage according to the invention has been further developed in a very inventive manner such that said storage unit is simply demountable of two bending-rigid metal rectangular portal frames with total dimensions of HlxL1 and is designed as a rectangular frame with three rectangular drawer openings, which are placed on the loading floor mutually parallel to said tailgate, rear doors or side door and furthermore in said motor vehicle 30 and between which four vertically upright plate-shaped parts with dimensions of H2xL2 can be mounted, the whole being coverable with a horizontal optionally provided with bores for ventilation 1023660 I '4' I plate-shaped part with bottom channel-guided I channel profiles for said upright plate-shaped parts, wherein said horizontal plate-shaped part can also be provided with hatches with recessed hinges, said vertical standing up the plate-shaped parts are provided with drawer guide members for receiving at least three drawers with a width B and depth D varying in height and layout, said drawer I being able to be provided with a universal compartment arrangement and to be able to close a cylinder lock provided, wherein the drawers are adaptable for many types of use and are also removable from said storage unit and are provided at the rear with two wheels for easy handling and can be transported to workplace I or place for further storage or replacement, supplement content, etc .; wherein the sliding in and out of said drawer is a roller element for easy movement and for blocking in a certain position provided with a latching device, wherein by means of metal extendable support profiles and strip-shaped fitting pieces provided with grip, said horizontal plate-shaped part perfectly can be connected to the walls of the motor vehicle r is, wherein the storage unit at the tailgate, rear door or side door can be extended with a specific extension structure, wherein the material of said plate-shaped parts must have a sufficient bending strength at a suitable thickness, wherein a working or camping tent in I.

The advantage is a very efficient and very versatile universal horizontal storage system that can do great services for the skilled person and is also very suitable for the camper to go on holiday.

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The device according to the invention is then further developed in such a way that said drawer guide members consist of an angle steel fixed to the vertical upright parts over approximately the length and a Z-5 shaped plate-shaped strip under the drawer and about approximately 2/3 drawer length and that said drawers are reduced at the rear in a stepwise fashion and are provided with two wheels, said roller element being a continuous axis surrounded by a thick-walled plastic tube, such as for instance PVC, and said locking device comprising a lever or handle, push-through continuous shaft on both side provided with cams and thus press or clamp said Z-shaped plate strip against the underside of said angle steel.

The advantages are a smooth-running system when the drawer is pulled out over the front roll and walking with the drawer outside the storage unit is facilitated by the wheels at the rear and in any extended position the drawer can be put in the locking position.

Furthermore, the device according to the invention is further developed such that said metal extendable support profiles are attached to said portal frames and can be designed to be fully extendable to fully support the strip-shaped fitting pieces in the various motor vehicles, and that said specific extension construction slots in comprises the uprights of the portal frame, connection profiles, struts and a strip-shaped extension.

The advantages are that, apart from the storage system, no things can fall between the inside of the motor vehicle and the outside of the universal horizontal storage system, so that everything is neat and tidy 1023660 Η * 6 '

I remains and on the back a sturdy way I

I enter the strip-shaped extension. I

Furthermore, the benefits of the claimed universal I

horizontal storage system in a row I systematically as follows

I 5 are set: I

I · System makes it possible to use I efficiently

the available space, so no loss by I

traffic space or walkways. I

· System has a completely flat loading floor. I

I 10 · System is provided with an anti-slip layer. I

I · System is equipped with a raised load floor, so that I

I the wheel arches are no longer affected. I

I · System is universally applicable and fits in every I

company car, so simple and quick delivery, short I

I 15 installation time and therefore also affordable. I

I · System is installed without being in or on the car I

need to be drilled or screwed. I

I · System makes it possible to use tools and / or other I

store things neatly organized. I

I 20 · System makes it possible to store things safely. The I

I prevents sliding and damage to material and / or I

B tool. I

B · System is equipped with 3 opening hatches with I

B recessed hinges in the raised loading floor, so that I

B 25 the rear part of the drawers simply via the I

B top of the system is accessible. I

B · Tilting the system is not possible because the I

B drawers should not be pulled out completely. I

B · Because the drawers are not pulled out completely, an I

B 30 heavier load of drawers possible, which up to I

B approximately 100 kg is possible. I

I 1023660 -7- • System removes machines / tools and the like from the outside view (theft prevention).

• System can be made easily lockable.

• System is easily removable and foldable.

5 · The system hardly takes up any space in the expanded position (<0.5 m2).

• The drawers on the system are easy to slide in and out, so that it is no longer necessary to climb into the trolley to take tools or material from the trolley.

• Drawers are easy to secure at any extended position.

• Drawers are removable and easily interchangeable.

· Drawers and therefore the material or tools can easily be taken to the workplace.

• Drawers can easily be taken out for loading.

• System makes it possible to provide drawers with machines and work benches, making it possible to easily turn the vehicle into a mobile workplace.

• The system can be removed separately and can therefore easily be transferred without damage to the car (useful at the end of the lease contract, service interval for operating equipment, etc.).

• System is because the drawers are easily exchangeable, can be used for business as well as private use.

• System can be expanded, making it easy to sleep in the car (camping variant).

• The system can be equipped with a kitchen block so that cooking can take place behind the car (camping variant).

The invention is explained in more detail below

I of a preferred embodiment, shown I

I in the drawing. I

I Hereby shows: I

FIG. IA and 1B The universal horizontal storage system I

I according to a preferred embodiment I

I of the present invention shown in I

figure IA in skewed projection and in figure 1B I

I a front view of the closed drawers in the I

I 10 storage system; I

FIG. 2A and 2B In universal projection the universal horizontal I

I storage system, according to figure 1 I

I placed in the back of a delivery van, where in I

Figure 2A no extendable support profiles I

15 are shown and in Figure 2B they are and I

I wherein also has plate-shaped I

I fitting pieces; I

FIG. 3A and 3B Mounting I. In crooked projection (Fig. 3A)

I the vertically standing plate-shaped parts with I

20 the metal rectangular portal frames and in I

Figure 3B shows a detail of the confirmations of I

I the said plate-shaped parts on the I

I portal frames and furthermore the role elements for I

Moving the drawers; I

FIG. 4A In side view and partial cross-section over I

I the universal horizontal storage system I

placed in a small van; FIG. 4B In top view and partial horizontal I cross-section two universal horizontal H 30 storage systems placed in a delivery van; FIG. 5A A view along the line A of figure 5B; I 1023fcn -9-

FIG. 5B, 5C Various views of the latching device and 5D for the drawers according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5E A skewed projection view of the drawer 5 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6A and 6B In skewed projection two embodiments of one of the drawers for, for example, a workbench and a kitchen according to the invention.

FIG. 7 A view in oblique projection of the extendable support profiles.

In Figure 1A the universal horizontal storage system or storage unit 1 is shown in skewed projection and is designed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention. The storage unit 1 is easy to assemble and disassemble (see also Figure 3A) and comprises two (front and rear) portal frames 2 and 3, which can be placed in a motor vehicle 4, 5 and 45 with a tailgate. Arranged between said portal frames 2, 3 are four vertically upright plate-shaped parts 6, 7, 8, 9 (see figure 3A), which can be made of plywood, MDF or chipboard, suitable dimensions being shown in the claims.

Furthermore, the storage system 1 is covered with a horizontal plate-shaped part 10, which is provided with three hatches 11, 12 and 13, which give access to the top of each set of drawers 14, 15; 16, 17; and 18 (see also Figure 1B). The said hatches 11, 12 and 13 preferably open hingedly, the hinges falling below the upper surface of the horizontal plate-shaped part 10 in order to damage products (such as mattresses and the like). 10236 Pi1

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I will be put on this. In Figure 2A is in I

I crooked projection the universal horizontal storage system I

I or storage unit 1, where it is placed I

I in the back of a delivery van 4 and with the extendable I

I support profiles 19, 20 with the plate-shaped fitting pieces 21, 22 I

I have been omitted, which are indicated in Figure 2B. I

I As shown, the accessibility of the content is I

I of said drawers 14 to 18 optimum. On the named I

Horizontal plate-shaped part 10 can still be used for, for example, I

10 a mattress must be provided for camping purposes, for which I

I then into the horizontal plate-shaped part 10, bores 42 I

I have been fitted. This is to prevent a mattress not shown I

I ventilate. I

In Figure 3A the mounting of the storage unit 1 is very I

Shown schematically from below. Here you can see, I

I that on the underside of the horizontal plate-shaped part I

I 10 for guiding and falling into the vertical I

Upstanding plate-shaped parts 6, 7, 8, 9 channel profiles 23, I

24, 25 and 26 are provided. In Figure 3B, I is in detail

I 20 a possible attachment (connection structure) of I

I said portal frame 2 on the vertically upright I

I shows plate-shaped part 9, wherein in said part 9 I

a screw stub 27 is turned, which falls into an I

I corresponding slot 28 of the portal frame 2. The top side I

I 25 is anchored with a lip 29 I welded to the portal frame 2

I with bore 30 with screw 31. It is further noted that I

I the channel or corner profiles 23 to 26 at the end are I

I processed and thus slides about 1 cm under the I

Upper corner profile 49 of the portal frames 2, 3. I

30 For moving the wheels along the upstanding I

I plate-shaped parts 6, 7, 8, 9 are guide rails 48 I

I applied. The whole can be attached to the I with belts or bands

I 10236 o0 - 11 - », * ê χ fixing hook 43 and on the other hand to a similar hook of the delivery van.

In Fig. 4A, the universal horizontal storage unit 1 is placed in a small delivery van 5 in side view and partial cross-section over the delivery van. 14 are staggered and are provided with wheels 32, so that after full sliding out. from the drawer 18 it can roll on the rear side over the ground and thus requires less effort and force when moving to the workplace. The drawers can also be placed in a storage unit in a storage space (not shown) for supplementing parts, tools and the like, and filled drawers 15 can again be arranged in the rear of vans 4, 5 and 45.

In figure 4B, in plan view and partial horizontal section, two universally horizontal storage systems 1, 46 are placed in a delivery van 45. The said storage systems 1, 46 are perpendicular to each other and are therefore directly approachable from the rear doors or side door.

Figure 5A shows a view along the line A of Figure 5B. The rear sides of the drawers 25 with the wheels 32 can be seen. At the front, the drawers 14 to 18 run over a roller element 47.

Figures 5B, 5C and 5D show different views of the so-called locking device 33 for securing the drawers 14 to 18 to be locked in each extended or non-extended position.

At the bottom of the drawers 14 to 18 is a Z-shaped curved strip 34, which is below a for the drawers 14 A ff11 *, (f *. · -. '* · ·'? · *;

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I to 18 conductive corner steel 35. By the form I

I of the axle stub 36 becomes I by moving the handle 33

said Z-shaped curved strip 34 against the underside of I

I mentioned the angled steel 35 and the drawer 14, 16 is; 15, 17 I

5 or 18 (not shown) arrested. I

Figure 5E shows an oblique projection view of an I

I trays 14 to 18 in accordance with a preferred embodiment

Embodiment of the invention. I

Figure 6A shows an embodiment I in oblique projection

For the person skilled in the art from drawer 18 according to a preferred embodiment

embodiment of the invention. Herein is an I

I tilting sawing machine 37 arranged and for the further I

The firmness of the whole can be clicked under the drawer 18

I placed legs 38. I

I 15 It is furthermore possible to have the drawers 14 to 18 with an I

cylinder lock 50. I

Figure 6B shows an embodiment I in oblique projection

of drawer 18 is designed as a camping kitchen 39, where I

can again be a cross drawer set 40, a cooking appliance 41 and the like I

Applied. I

In Figure 7 is a view in oblique projection of the I

I extendable support profiles 19, 20. I

Finally, it must be explicitly stated that I

the preferred embodiment for this is I

I described, but that further modifications are possible I

I without the scope of this patent specification I

I is left. I

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Claims (10)

Device for universal horizontal storage of materials, machines, tools, all kinds of equipment, camping equipment, etc. in motor vehicles with flat loading floor with tailgate or rear doors and / or side door of, for example, vans, vans, station wagons, MPVs, etc., said device in 10 is in fact a horizontal storage system or storage unit with drawer, characterized in that said storage unit (1) is simply demountable of two bending rigid metal rectangular portal frames (2, 3) with total dimensions of HlxL1 and is designed as a rectangular frame with three rectangular drawer openings which are placed on the loading floor mutually parallel to said tailgate, rear doors or side door and furthermore in said motor vehicle (4,5) and between which four vertically upright plate-shaped parts (6, 7, 8, 9) with dimensions 20 of H2xL2 can be mounted wherein the whole can be covered with a horizontal optionally of bores vo or ventilation plate-shaped part (10) with channel profiles (23, 24, 25, 26) guided at the bottom for said upright plate-shaped parts (6, 7, 8, 9), said horizontal plate-shaped part (10) also having hatches (11, 12, 13) can be provided with recessed hinges, said vertically upright plate-shaped parts (6, 7, 8, 9) being provided with drawer guide members (48, 35) for receiving at least three in height and 30 drawers varying in layout (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) with a width B and depth D, wherein said drawer can be provided with a universal compartment layout and can be provided with a cylinder lock (50) for closing, the drawers 023660 Η II ι4 ~ II are adaptable for many types of use and also II are removable from said storage unit (1) and are provided on the rear II with two wheels (32) for II easy to handle can be transported to workplace II 5 or place for further storage any storage or replacement, supplement II content, etc., wherein the sliding in and out of said I drawer (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) provides a roller element (47) for I to move easily and to block it in a certain II position is of a latching device (33), wherein II through metal extendable support profiles (19, 20) and II strip-shaped fitting pieces (21, 22) provided with a handle, II said horizontal plate-shaped part (10) perfectly on the II walls of the motor vehicle (4, 5) can be connected, II in which the storage unit at the tailgate, rear door or II side door can be extended with a specific II extension construction, wherein the material of said II plate-shaped parts (10, 21, 22) at a suitable thickness a II must have sufficient bending strength, wherein a working or camping tent can be placed around said I tailgate. I 20 Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said dimensions H1xL1 are preferably approximately 600 x 1200 mm II and said dimensions H2xL2 are approximately 550 x 1500 mm. I Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said plate-shaped parts (10, 21, 22) can be multiplex, MDF or chipboard. I Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said drawer guide members consist of angular steels (35, 48) attached to the II vertical upright parts (6, 7, 8, 9) and a Z-shaped under II 30 the drawer and about approximately 2/3 drawer length Z-shaped curved strip II (34). I 1023660 Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said width B and depth D of said drawers are approximately 375 and 1500 mm. Device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said drawers (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) are rounded at the rear in a stepwise fashion and are provided with two wheels (32), wherein said roller element can have a through-axis are surrounded by a thick-walled plastic tube, such as PVC. Device as claimed in claims 1, 4 and 6, characterized in that said locking device comprises a lever or lever (33), wherein said through-axis is provided on both sides with cams for pressing on said Z-shaped plate strip (34) against the underside of said angular samples (35). Device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said metal extendable support profiles (19, 20) are attached to said portal frames (2, 3) and can be designed to be fully extendable to fully support the strip-shaped fitting pieces (21, 21) 22. in the various motor vehicles (4, 5). Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the outer vertically upright plate-shaped parts (6, 9) for fixing on the underside of a bolt stub 25 (27) for falling into a slot (28) in a profile of the gantry frame (2, 3) and at the top a plate (30) with bore is welded to the gantry frame (2, 3), wherein by means of a bolt (31) through said bore (30) the gantry frame to said plate-shaped part 30 (6, 9). Device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said specific extension construction slots in the 5. d. . . · Ό / 0 I -16- I I posts of the portal frame, connection profiles, I I struts and a strip-shaped extension. I 1023660