Luggage safety barrier

A safety screen assembly for a motor vehicle comprising a protective panel adapted to be mounted within the vehicle so as to extend transversely from side to side and from top to bottom of the vehicle so as to separate the load carrying area from the occupants within the vehicle, side panel being provided with a rearwardly directed peripheral flange extending around its perimeter, and mounting means spaced around the periphery of the panel arranged to releasably secure top and bottom portions of the panel to anchorage points in the roof and floor respectively of the vehicle, said mounting means comprising (i) a pair of upper rearwardly extending short length mounting straps positioned one at or adjacent each upper corner of the panel, each said upper mounting strap, having its leading end fixedly attached to said flange and its rear or trailing end secured by releasable fastening means to an anchorage plate fixed in the roof of the vehicle, and (ii) a pair of bottom locating lugs rigidly attached to the panel one at or near each bottom corner of the panel, each said lug comprising a hook formation which, when the screen is installed within the vehicle, releasably interlocks with an anchorage plate fixed with respect to the vehicle floor.

A safety screen assembly for a motor vehicle comprising a protective panel adapted to be mounted within the vehicle so as to extend transversely from side to side and from top to bottom of the vehicle so as to separate the load carrying area from the occupants within the vehicle, and mounting means spaced around the periphery of the panel arranged to releasably secure top and bottom portions of the panel to anchorage points in the roof and floor respectively of the vehicle, said mounting means comprising (i) a pair of upper rearwardly extending short length mounting straps positioned one at or adjacent each upper corner of the panel, each said strap having its leading end fixedly attached to said panel and its rear or trailing end secured by releasable fastening means to an anchorage plate fixed in the roof of the vehicle, and (ii) a pair of bottom mounting straps one at or near each bottom corner of the panel, each said bottom mounting strap having an upper end fixedly attached to the body of the panel and being provided with a rigid locating lug at its lower end thereof, each said lug comprising a hook formation which, when the screen is installed within the vehicle, releasably interlocks with an anchorage plate fixed with respect to the vehicle floor.

A demountable safety screen assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:

• a panel adapted to be mounted within a vehicle so as to extend transversely from side to side and from top to bottom of the vehicle so as to separate the load carrying area from the occupants within the vehicle,
• a pair of upper fixing members secured to said panel, one at or adjacent each upper corner thereof, said fixing members co-operating with respective anchorage means mounted in the roof of the vehicle for releasably securing the upper corner portions of the panel within the vehicle,
• a pair of bottom fixing members fixed to and depending from the bottom edge of the panel, one at or adjacent each bottom corner thereof, each said bottom fixing member having means to hookingly engage a respective anchorage mounting fixed to or with respect to the floor of the vehicle, whereby the panel can be mounted within the vehicle by firstly hookingly engaging the bottom fixing members in their anchorage mountings in the vehicle floor, swinging the panel upwardly to a substantially upright operative position and thereafter securing the upper fixing members to their respective anchorage means in the roof of the vehicle.

A unitary thermo-formed protective panel adapted to be mounted within a motor vehicle so as to extend transversely from side to side and from top to bottom of the vehicle so as to separate the load carrying area from the occupants within the vehicle, wherein:

• i) the panel is comprised of tough, impact resistant, deformable thermo-plastics sheet material;
• ii) a rearwardly directed flange extends around the periphery of the panel;
• iii) the body of the panel is adapted to yield by eversion, when a severe impact force is imparted to the panel.