Closure apparatus between passenger compartment and trunk of vehicle

Closure apparatus for providing and blocking communication between a passenger compartment and a trunk of a vehicle, said closure apparatus comprising:

• a seat wherein said passenger compartment is on a passenger compartment side of said seat and said trunk is on a trunk side of said seat;
• a lid frame having a locking hole;
• a lid body supported by and moveable with respect to said lid frame so as to allow or block communication between the passenger compartment and the trunk, said lid body with an upper portion and having a knob retainer at the upper portion thereof, said knob retainer having a bottom and a guide hole formed therein;
• a locking mechanism disposed on the upper portion of said lid body at a position below said knob retainer and capable of being locked and unlocked from the passenger compartment side;
• a first slide knob disposed to be actuated from the passenger compartment side and having a leg piece extending downwardly through said guide hole of said knob retainer and a locking projection projecting toward the trunk side, said first slide knob being capable of being depressed when said locking mechanism is unlocked;
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• a second slide knob disposed on the trunk side and engageable by said locking projection to be movable downwardly in conjunction with downward movement of said first slide knob to disengage locking engagement between a portion of said second slide knob and said locking hole, wherein when said second slide knob is depressed from the trunk side, said locking engagement between said portion of said second slide knob and said locking hole of said lid frame is released regardless of whether said locking mechanism is locked or unlocked.

Closure apparatus for providing and blocking communication between a passenger compartment and a trunk of a vehicle, said closure apparatus comprising:

• a turndown seat wherein, when said turndown seat is upright, said passenger compartment is on a passenger compartment side of said turndown seat and said trunk is on a trunk side of said turndown seat, said turndown seat allowing or blocking communication between said passenger compartment and said trunk;
• a frame having a locking hole;
• a frame portion secured to said turndown seat and having a guide hole at an upper end thereof;
• a locking mechanism capable of being locked and unlocked from the passenger compartment side;
• a push knob received in said guide hole of said frame portion in such a way as to allow it to be actuated from the passenger compartment side and capable of being depressed when said locking mechanism is unlocked, said push knob having a lower end face;
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• a slide knob disposed on a trunk side and having a locking portion releasably held in locking engagement with said locking hole, said slide knob having a projection for abutment with the lower end face of said push knob so that said slide knob is movable downwardly in conjunction with the downward movement of said push knob, so as to disengage said locking engagement between said locking portion and said locking hole when said locking mechanism is unlocked and said push knob is depressed, and wherein when said slide knob is depressed from the trunk side, said locking engagement between said locking portion of said slide knob and said locking hole is released regardless of whether said locking mechanism for said push knob is in its locked or unlocked condition.