Safety net system with load indicator
AssigneeBOS GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsEduard Ament, Marina Ehrenberger, Holger Seel
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Abstract
A safety net arrangement is provided with a load-indicating arrangement (25) in order to signal to the user that forces have acted on the safety net which possibly can lead to a prior damage. The load-indicating arrangement (25) cooperates with the anchoring members (21) with which the front edge of the safety net is to be anchored in the vehicle. For the load-indicating arrangement (25), the deformation of these anchoring members (21) is utilized in such manner that a deformation of the anchoring members (21), regardless of whether it is permanent or elastic, going beyond a certain measure blasts the signaling member (42) out of its rest position.
Claims20
A safety net assembly for protecting an opening between a passenger space and a cargo space of a motor vehicle, the safety net comprising in combination:
- a safety net operable in a stretched state to close the opening between the cargo space and the passenger space,
- a fastening assembly carried by the safety net for connecting the safety net with receptacles provided in sides of the opening between the cargo space and the passenger space, and
- a load-indicating mechanism having at least a first and a second indicating state, the load indicating mechanism being operable to change from the first indicating state to the second indicating state when a force exceeding a predetermined force acts on the safety net.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.