Motor vehicle luggage compartment covering device
AssigneeFiat Group Automobiles S.p.A.
InventorAldo Cassiani
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Abstract
A motor vehicle luggage compartment covering device has a parcel shelf defined by a panel hinged to two sides of the luggage compartment about a horizontal axis and having two rear holes; the device also has two ties provided with respective ropes which extend through said holes; the lower ends of the ropes are fixed to two weights; the upper ends, however, are attached to two hooking elements that are hung in a releasable manner to a tailgate of the luggage compartment; for each rope, the upper ends are provided with respective protrusions, which are integral with the ropes and engage respective retaining seats obtained in the hooking elements; the holes of the parcel shelf have a diameter which is higher than that of the protrusions and is lower than the size of the hooking elements.
Claims7
A motor vehicle luggage compartment covering device;
- the device comprising:
- a parcel shelf comprising:
- a) a front portion adapted to be hinged, in use, to two sides of the luggage compartment about a horizontal axis, and
- b) a rear portion having two holes;
- two ties, comprising:
- a) respective ropes which extend through said holes;
- b) respective first elements fixed to the upper ends of said ropes and comprising respective hooking portions, adapted to be hung in a releasable manner, in use, to a tailgate provided to close the luggage compartment;
- c) respective second elements fixed to the lower ends of said ropes and having a shoulder, which comes into contact with a lower surface of said rear portion when said ropes are pulled upwards;
- wherein:
- the upper ends and/or the lower ends of said ropes carry respective protrusions, which are integral with the said ropes;
- said first elements and/or said second elements are defined by pieces separate from said ropes and said protrusions, and have respective retaining seats;
- said retaining seats being engaged by said protrusions and having shape and/or size so as to withhold said protrusions in fixed positions;
- said holes having a diameter which is higher than that of said protrusions and is lower than the size of said first and second elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.