Apparatus for temporarily retaining a component within a vehicle passenger compartment
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorMin Wang
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Abstract
An apparatus for temporarily retaining a component within a vehicle passenger compartment includes a cable having opposed ends with hooks for attaching the ends of the cable to corresponding attachment points within the vehicle passenger compartment. The cable passes through an opening in the component and a portion of the cable is attached to another of the attachment points, whereby the cable is placed under tension and retains the component in the passenger compartment.
Claims15
An apparatus for retaining a component within a vehicle passenger compartment, the passenger compartment having a plurality of attachment points disposed therein, said apparatus comprising:
- a cable having opposed ends and an attachment portion;
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- attachment means connected to said cable ends and adapted to engage a pair of attachment points within a vehicle, whereby when said attachment means are engaged with the pair of attachment points on one side of a component resting in a predetermined position in the passenger compartment, said cable is passed through an opening in the component and said attachment portion is engaged with another attachment point on an opposite side of the component, said cable is tensioned to retain the component in the predetermined position.
An apparatus for temporarily retaining a tire and wheel assembly within an vehicle passenger compartment, the passenger compartment having a plurality of attachment points disposed therein, the tire mounted to the wheel and the wheel having a center opening, said apparatus comprising:
- at least one cable having opposed ends, a portion of said cable adapted to be attached to an attachment point within the passenger compartment;
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- a means for attaching said ends of said at least one cable to corresponding attachment points within the vehicle passenger compartment, said cable and said means for attaching said ends of said cable being of a sufficient strength to withstand a predetermined force;
- whereby when a one of said opposed ends of said cable is attached at a one attachment point within the vehicle passenger compartment and another of said opposed ends of said cable is attached at another attachment point within the vehicle passenger compartment and said portion of said cable is passed through the center opening of the wheel and attached to another attachment point within the vehicle passenger compartment, said cable is tensioned and retains the tire and wheel assembly within the vehicle passenger compartment.
An apparatus for retaining an automotive vehicle tire and wheel assembly in a vertical position within the vehicle passenger compartment adjacent a lift gate, the tire mounted to the wheel, the wheel having a center opening, said apparatus comprising:
- at least one rigid steel aircraft-type cable having opposed ends, a portion of said cable adapted to be attached to a striker plate within the passenger compartment;
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- a hook attached to each of said ends of said at least one cable for attaching to respective hinges on the lift gate;
- whereby when the tire and wheel assembly is positioned in the vertical position, a hook at a one end of said cable is attached at a one hinge and a hook at another end of said cable is attached at another hinge and said portion of cable adapted to be attached to plate striker plate is passed through the center opening of the wheel and attached at the striker plate, said cable is tensioned and retains the tire and wheel assembly in the vertical position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.