Sliding cover for tie down anchor
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRuben Guanzon, Hideyuki Tanahashi
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Abstract
A cover assembly that is secured to panel and operable to selectively cover or reveal an opening in the panel. The cover assembly includes a sliding cover and a housing. The housing is secured to the panel and includes lateral and vertical guide members. The lateral guide members engage the cover and maintain the cover in alignment with the opening as the cover is moved between an open position and a closed position. The vertical guide members engage a lower surface of the cover and serve to bias the cover upwardly as the cover is moved into the closed position so that the cover upper surface is substantially flush with the panel upper surface when the cover is closed.
Claims19
A cover assembly adapted for securement to a panel, the panel having an upper surface and a lower surface and defining an opening that is selectively covered and opened by said cover assembly, said cover assembly comprising:
- a sliding cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position;
- and,
- a housing member secured to a lower surface of the panel, said housing member including guide members to guide said sliding cover as the cover is moved between the open and closed positions, said guide members being operable to maintain said sliding cover in alignment with said opening and, when said sliding cover is moved into the closed position, to force the cover upwardly into such that an upper surface of said cover is substantially flush with said panel upper surface.
In combination, a panel and cover assembly, said panel defining an opening and having an upper surface and a lower surface, said cover assembly being secured to said panel, said cover assembly including a sliding cover and a housing, said housing being secured to said panel lower surface, said sliding cover being received between said panel and said lower housing and being movable between a first position, in which said opening is closed, and a second position in which said opening is revealed, an upper surface of said cover being substantially flush with said panel upper surface when said cover is in said closed position and said cover extending beneath the said panel when said cover is opened.
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