Tonneau cover
AssigneeAshimori Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroyoshi Takeda
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Abstract
A tonneau cover includes a sheet-shaped member, a hemming member sewn on an outer peripheral edge portion of the sheet-shaped member and forming a core material housing space, a loop-shaped core material housed in the core material housing space, and a frame. The frame includes a first divided frame member and a second divided frame member. At least one of the first divided frame member and the second divided frame member is formed with an edge housing portion and is provided with a contact portion. The edge housing portion forms an edge housing space. The edge housing space houses the outer peripheral edge portion, the hemming member, and the core material. The contact portion protrudes into the edge housing space to be in contact with a surface of the core material facing the sheet-shaped member via the hemming member.
Claims4
A tonneau cover configured to cover a rear baggage compartment of a vehicle, the tonneau cover comprising:
- a sheet-shaped member;
- a hemming member sewn on an outer peripheral edge portion of the sheet-shaped member and forming an elongated core material housing space between an inner surface of the hemming member and the outer peripheral edge portion;
- a loop-shaped core material housed in the core material housing space;
- and
- a frame attached to at least a part of the outer peripheral edge portion of the sheet-shaped member,
- wherein the frame comprises a first divided frame member and a second divided frame member sandwiching the hemming member in at least a part of the outer peripheral edge portion of the sheet-shaped member, and
- at least one of the first divided frame member and the second divided frame member is formed with an edge housing portion and is provided with a contact portion, the edge housing portion forming an edge housing space between the first divided frame member and the second divided frame member, the edge housing space housing the outer peripheral edge portion of the sheet-shaped member, the hemming member, and the core material, the contact portion protruding into the edge housing space to be in contact with a surface of the core material facing the sheet-shaped member via the hemming member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.