US 5,238,282 AGranted

Vehicle interior partition

OwnerMichael J. Watson, Ronald E. Watsoninventors

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Abstract

This invention relates to accessories for automobiles, vans, aircraft, minivans and station wagons and in particular to an improved partition comprised of a main support beam which requires no permanent attachment to the vehicle in which it is installed and from which is suspended generally from the roof to the floor transparent, semi-transparent or opaque curtain panels whose primary purpose is to substantially confine heated or cooled air or air containing smoke to a specific area of a vehicle. The device is adjustable, requiring no permanent alterations to fit the interior of a very large variety of vehicles of different descriptions, can be collapsed and folded while not in use and remains intact while being portable and can be installed anywhere along the length of a vehicle interior where trim moulding, flanges or extrusions of vehicle components or door hardware exists.

Claims7

Dependent claims

In a mountable, demountable and collapsible device in the form of a partition for segregating the interior of a vehicle for substantially preventing the flow of heated air or cooled air or air laden with smoke from one area of the vehicle to another comprising:

(a) main support beam means having end brackets;
(b) beam section means for assembling or dismantling or folding the main support beam means;
(c) fixed insert plug means fixed at one of adjacent ends of said beam section means for telescopically extending or contracting the length of the main support beam means;
(d) threaded bolt means for locking or unlocking the main support means at the length desired;
(e) said end brackets including means for adjusting position of the partition upwardly or downwardly relative to said end brackets including roof of the vehicle;
(f) nut and bolt means for locking the partition in multiple positions relative to the roof of the vehicle;
(g) said end brackets further including means for adjusting the position of the partition inwardly or outwardly relative to the sides of the vehicle;
(h) nut and bolt means for locking the partition in the desired position relative to the sides of the vehicle;
(i) spring clip attachment means adjustably connected to said end brackets for removably attaching main support beam means t the vehicle trim of to interior component parts of the vehicle;
(j) a multiplicity of panel means of flexible material attached to said main support beam means and said end brackets for substantially preventing the movement of air from one area of the vehicle to another;
(k) cord or ribbon means for securing one or more of the panel means in a rolled position relative to the main support beam.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 07/840,129Filed 24 Feb 1992
Granted: 24 Aug 1993
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B60H 1/00592
Details, e.g. mounting arrangements, desaeration devices: add-on devices, e.g. heat/cooling boxes, compartment dividers, upgrade sets
B60R 13/0823
Acoustic or thermal insulation of passenger compartments: insulating partitions, e.g. between front and rear seats
B62D 33/042
Enclosed load compartments ; Frameworks for movable panels, tarpaulins or side curtains: divided into compartments
B64D 11/0023
Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for: movable or removable cabin dividers, e.g. for class separation