Luggage box
AssigneeCarman Enterprise Co., Ltd.
InventorXianwei Li
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a luggage box (1), in particular for releasable attachment to a rear load carrier (36) to be mounted to a vehicle, the luggage box (1) comprising a rigid bottom element (2), a rigid cover element (3), and side walls (8) made of fabric, wherein the luggage box (1) is foldable between a use configuration, in which the bottom element (2) and the cover element (3) are spaced apart from one another and the side walls (8) connect the bottom element (2) and the cover element (3), thus forming a luggage receiving space inside, and a transport configuration, in which the cover element (3) lies on the bottom element (2) and the side walls (8) are folded in between the cover element (3) and the bottom element (2) and a rear load carrier (36) for mounting to a vehicle.
Claims14
Luggage box (1), in particular for releasable attachment to a rear load carrier (36) to be mounted to a vehicle, the luggage box (1) comprising
- a rigid bottom element (2),
- a rigid cover element (3), and
- side walls (8) made of fabric,
- wherein the luggage box (1) is foldable between a use configuration, in which the bottom element (2) and the cover element (3) are spaced apart from one another and the side walls (8) connect the bottom element (2) and the cover element (3), thus forming a luggage receiving space inside, and a transport configuration, in which the cover element (3) lies on the bottom element (2) and the side walls (8) are folded in between the cover element (3) and the bottom element (2).
Luggage box (1) according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the luggage box (1) comprises two support yokes (9) held on opposite sections of the bottom element (2), which can be pivoted about a pivot axis between a support position, in which they extend upright from the bottom element (2) so that they support the cover element (3) in the use configuration, and a low position, in which the support yokes (9) lie on the bottom element (2) so that the cover element (3) can lie on the bottom element (2) in the transport configuration.
Luggage box (1) according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that fastening means are provided by means of which the cover element (3) can be fastened to the bottom element (2) when the luggage box (1) is in its transport configuration, wherein, in particular, two fastening devices (31) are arranged on opposite sides of the luggage box (1), each of which comprises a fastening lever (32), which is rotatably mounted to the cover element (3) or the bottom element (2) about a horizontally extending rotation axis and a fastening element (33), which is rotatably mounted to the fastening lever (32), wherein the rotation axis of the fastening element (33) relative to the fastening lever (32) is spaced apart from the rotation axis of the fastening lever (32) relative to the bottom or cover element (3), the fastening element (33) being able to engage a corresponding hook formed in the other of the cover element (3) or the bottom element (2), so that the fastening element (33) can engage behind the hook in order to brace the cover element (3) against the bottom element (2) of the luggage box (1).
Luggage box (1) according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least two, in particular four through-openings (52) are provided in the bottom element (2), which are arranged in such a way that the box (1) can be positioned above a rear load carrier (36) such that the through-openings (52) can be located above T-shaped grooves (47) formed in profile rails (46) of a rear load carrier (36), so that a clamping device (53) can be inserted and can be brought into engagement with the T-shaped grooves (47) of a rear load carrier (36) in order to brace the bottom element (2) of the luggage box (1) against the profile rails (46) of a rear load carrier (36), wherein, in particular, the a clamping device (53) is assigned to each through-opening (52).
Luggage box (1) according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the luggage box (1) comprises a holding arrangement, which is designed such that it can be connected to a yoke (43) of a rear load carrier (36), wherein, in particular, the holding arrangement comprises two holding elements (62, 63), which preferably are held at one beam arrangement (10b), in particular are fixed thereto, each of which holding elements (62, 63) have a holding recess (64) which is formed to receive a section of a yoke (43) of a rear load carrier (36), wherein, preferably, the holding recesses (64) are formed such that they receive a horizontal section and an adjacent upright section of a yoke (43) of a rear load carrier (36).
Rear load carrier (36) for mounting to a vehicle, with
- a base body (37), which defines a longitudinal direction (L) between its front side and its rear side and a transverse direction,
- a connecting device (40) for attachment to a vehicle-side trailer coupling provided at the front side of the base body (37), and
- fixing means, which are designed such that a luggage box (1) can be attached in particular releasably to the rear load carrier (36), and
- a luggage box (1) according to any of the preceding claims attached to the rear load carrier (36).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.