Extension compartment for motor vehicle
OwnerJoe W. Chapmaninventor
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Abstract
An open ended extension compartment is fitted to the rear end of a vehicle having a rear door frame by first releasably securing a rigid mounting ring in the vehicle door frame and then securing the periphery of the open end of the compartment to the mounting ring. The vehicle door remains hinged to the vehicle and may be employed as an access door for the interior of the compartment.
Claims13
For a wheeled vehicle having a door frame, a forwardly opening enclosure including a pair of spaced side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, and means for releasably securing said enclosure to the vehicle with its forward open end opening into the vehicle through its door frame including a generally rectangular mounting frame having top, bottom and spaced side members connected one to the other, and means for releasably securing said mounting frame to the door frame with the mounting frame disposed substantially concentrically within the vehicle door frame and with the sides, top and bottom frame members adjacent corresponding margins of the door frame, a seal for sealing between said enclosure and the vehicle when the enclosure is secured to the vehicle, means carried by said frame and said enclosure for releasably securing said enclosure and said frame one to the other including cooperating fastening elements carried by said frame and said enclosure for displacing said enclosure toward said vehicle with the seal between said enclosure and the vehicle thereby sealing the enclosure to the vehicle, one of the side walls of said enclosure including a door frame adjacent the open end thereof, said enclosure being located relative to the vehicle such that the enclosure door frame receives a door of the vehicle when the vehicle door is opened to extend substantially parallel to and in substantially coplanar relationship with said one side wall.
For a wheeled vehicle having a door frame, a forwardly opening enclosure including a pair of spaced side walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall, and means for releasably securing said enclosure to the vehicle with its forward open end opening into the vehicle through its door frame including a generally rectangular mounting frame having top, bottom and spaced side members connected one to the other, and means for releasably securing said mounting frame to the door frame with the frame disposed substantially concentrically within the vehicle door frame and with the sides, top and bottom frame members adjacent the corresponding margins of the door frame, said means for releasably securing said frame to the vehicle including a plurality of elements carried by said frame and movable in the plane containing said frame into and out of securement with the vehicle door frame, and means carried by said frame and said enclosure for releasably securing said enclosure and said frame one to the other, one of the side walls of said enclosure including a door frame adjacent the open end thereof, said enclosure being located relative to the vehicle such that the enclosure door frame receives a door of the vehicle when the vehicle door is opened to extend substantially parallel to and in substantially coplanar relationship with said one side wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.