Cargo cover assemblies for vehicles
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorEric W. Day
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Abstract
A cargo cover assembly for covering a cargo area of a vehicle including: a housing; a panel portion secured to the housing, wherein the panel portion is configured to roll and unroll within the housing, a flexible rod associated with the panel portion and moveable with respect to the housing, and wherein when the cargo cover assembly is in an unretracted position, the panel portion is unrolled from the housing and the flexible rod flexes outwardly to substantially match a posterior portion of the cargo area so that the cargo cover assembly substantially conceals the cargo area.
Claims18
A cargo cover assembly for covering a cargo area of a vehicle comprising:
- a housing;
- a panel portion secured to the housing, wherein the panel portion is configured to roll and unroll within the housing;
- a flexible rod comprising a first hooked end and a second hooked end;
- and
- a frame member coupled to an end of the panel portion and moveable with respect to the housing, wherein the frame member comprises a first end configured to receive the first hooked end of the flexible rod and a second end configured to receive the second hooked end of the flexible rod;
- wherein when the cargo cover assembly is in an unretracted position, the panel portion is unrolled from the housing and the flexible rod flexes outwardly to substantially match a posterior portion of the cargo area so that the cargo cover assembly substantially conceals the cargo area.
A cargo cover assembly for covering a cargo area of a vehicle comprising:
- a housing comprising a panel portion, wherein the panel portion is received within the housing;
- a frame member associated with the panel portion, the frame member comprising a first end having a first spring and a second end having a second spring;
- a flexible rod comprising a first hooked end and a second hooked end;
- wherein the first end of the frame member is configured to receive the first hooked end of flexible rod and the second end of frame member is configured to receive the second hooked end of flexible rod;
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- wherein compressing the first and second hooked ends inwardly against the first and second springs causes the flexible rod to flex outwardly.
A vehicle comprising:
- a cargo area comprising a first wall having a first locking slot and a second wall having a second locking slot;
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- a cargo cover assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a panel portion secured to the housing, wherein the panel portion is configured to roll and unroll within the housing;
- a flexible rod comprising a first hooked end and a second hooked end;
- and
- a frame member associated with the panel portion, wherein the frame member comprises a first end configured to receive the first hooked end of the flexible rod and a second end configured to receive the second hooked end of the flexible rod;
- wherein when the cargo cover assembly is in an unretracted position, the panel portion is unrolled from the housing and the flexible rod flexes outwardly to substantially match a posterior portion of the cargo area so that the cargo cover assembly substantially conceals the cargo area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.