Motor vehicle boot insert
AssigneeB.E.T. Corporation Limited
InventorsBrendan F. Hoare, Patrick E. Ryan
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Abstract
A removable motor vehicle boot insert (1) comprises two rigid insert portions (2, 3) which overlap at 10, 11 on assembly within a boot A to follow the contour of the boot A. Flexible wing portions (15, 16) of a side wall (6) of each insert portion (2, 3) urge the insert portions (2, 3) into engagement on assembly within the boot. Retainers (31) for releasably anchoring a container (30) to the insert comprises a screw (33) having an enlarged head (34) defining a cam surface and an extension defining a handle (35) for turning the screw. The cam surface of the screw head (34) engages in a groove (40) in opposed end walls of the container (30) to anchor the container in a desired position on the insert.
Claims13
A removable motor vehicle boot insert comprising;
- at least two associated substantially rigid boot insert portions,
- each insert portion comprising a base and a side wall means extending upwardly from the base and defining an open-topped container, said side wall means including a boot engaging side section, a front end-wall section, and a rear end-wall section and
- engagement means for engagement of the insert portions,
- the engagement means of each insert portion having a raised flange section opposite the boot engaging side section,
- one of the respective flange sections of the boot insert portions overlapping the other on assembly and the boot insert substantially following the contour of a motor vehicle boot on assembly of the insert portions within the boot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.