Vehicle trunk lid holder
OwnerNeil L. Zimmermaninventor
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Abstract
A device for holding a vehicle's lid, e.g., an automobile's trunk lid, in a partly-open position to enable an oversized article to be placed inside the vehicle's compartment which would normally be closed by the lid. The holder generally includes an upper lid clamp assembly, a lower body clamp assembly, and a linkage member. The upper lid clamp assembly includes means for pivotally and adjustably attaching the linkage member thereto. The lower body clamp assembly includes means for pivotally and preferably releasably attaching the linkage member thereto.
Claims11
A holder for a vehicle trunk lid which has lateral margin edges and with the vehicle having a trunk bottom panel and a compartment and a U-shaped rain gutter bordering said compartment and extending around at least a portion of said compartment and thereby bordering at least said portion of the upper periphery of said compartment, and wherein said U-shape has two upwardly extending and spaced-apart legs and a middle span extending in the space between said legs, a first clamp attachable to said trunk lid, a second clamp attachable to said rain gutter, a rigid rod attached to both said clamps and extending therebetween for holding said trunk lid in a selected open position, said second clamp including a clamping foot which is narrow and therefore of a size no wider than the spacing between said U-shaped gutter legs and thereby being clampable directly onto said middle span, and means for attaching said rod to said first and second clamps and with said rod being positioned completely outside said compartment and thereby extending only higher than the elevation of said rain gutter.
A combined holder and vehicle having a trunk lid and a trunk compartment having a bottom panel and being upwardly open and bordered by a rain gutter extending along the top edge of said compartment, said gutter being U-shaped in cross-section and having two upstanding legs spaced apart and having a bottom panel extending in the space between said legs, said holder comprising a first clamp attachable to said lid, a second clamp being of a small size for extending into said space between said legs and to said bottom panel and being clampable onto said bottom panel, a rigid rod, and means for attaching said rod to each of said clamps and with said rod positioned to extend uprightly between said clamps and clear of contact with said trunk bottom panel and with said rod positioned to extend only at and higher than an elevation of said second clamp and with said rod positioned completely outside said compartment and thereby extending only at an elevation higher than said compartment.
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