Two position motor vehicle safety screen assembly

A two position safety screen assembly comprising:

• a rigid safety screen adapted to be mounted in either a forward or rear position in the interior of the vehicle so as to extend transversely thereof between a load carrying area and a vehicle seat;
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• securing means for fixing the screen when thus mounted in said forward or rear position, said securing means comprising:
• a pair of transversely spaced apart anchorage fittings for securing to a vehicle floor;
• a pair of rigid, short-length upper securing straps positioned one at or adjacent each upper corner of the safety screen, each said upper strap having its forward end attached to the screen and its rear or trailing end adapted for securement, in each position of the screen, to the vehicle at a position on or adjacent to the roof thereof;
• a pair of rigid relatively long, lower securing straps for securing a lower portion of the screen, when in its forward position, to the vehicle floor, each said lower securing strap having a forward end and a rear end, a quick-release connector between the forward end of the lower securing strap and the screen for releasably securing the lower securing strap to the screen, the rear end of the lower securing strap being secured to a respective said anchorage fitting;
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• hook forming fixing lugs secured to and depending from the bottom edge of the screen and arranged to releasably engage in slot-like opening in said anchorage fittings for securing the lower portion of the screen directly to the anchorage fittings when the screen is in its rear position;
• each said lower securing strap, when the screen is in its forward position, being arranged to extend approximately longitudinally of the vehicle floor between a rear attachment point on its associated anchorage fitting and its quick-release forward end attachment point on the screen, while when said screen is mounted in the rear position, the forward ends of the lower straps are detached from the screen and the straps moved to a storage position.