# US 9,751,448 B2 · Device for supporting accessories and having adjustment means and related assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,751,448 B2 - Document ID: US9751448B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/813,289 - Filed: 2011-07-29 - Published: 2013-05-23 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2010-07-30 - Assignees: Advanced Comfort Systems France SAS - Acs France; Faurecia Automotive Industrie - Applicants: Jacques Decorme; David Billy; Alexis Crabeil - Inventors: Jacques Decorme; David Billy; Alexis Crabeil - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751448B2 ## CPC - B60P 7/08: Securing to the vehicle floor or sides ({B60P7/065}, B60P7/13, B60P7/135 take precedence) - B60R 7/02: in separate luggage compartment {(B60R7/005 takes precedence)} - B60R 22/00: Safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles (safety belts or body harnesses in general A62B35/00) - B60R 2022/005: {for restraining luggages} - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract The present invention provides a support device. The support device includes a strap, the active length of which is variable, the strap supporting the accessory against the bearing element. The device includes a rail extending between two ends along the strap, the rail is secured to the wall, and a sliding element which slides along the rail, the sliding element includes a passage into which the strap is to be inserted. The device includes an adjustment device for adjusting the active length of the strap. The strap can be extended, relative to the adjustment device, between a retracted configuration, in which the active length is at a minimum, and an extended configuration, in which the active length is at a maximum. The adjustment device includes an element for returning the strap to the retracted configuration thereof. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An inside motor vehicle element comprising: an inner wall; and a device for keeping at least one accessory against the inner wall comprising: a rail securable to the inner wall, the rail including a bearing element; a strap having a fixed length, the strap designed to keep the at least one accessory against the bearing element; at least one sliding element slidable along a length of the rail, the strap being able to be connected to the at least one sliding element; an adjustment device adjusting the strap to an active length of the strap, the adjustment device including: a return element adjusting the active length of the strap to a minimum length which defines a retracted configuration; a winder rotatable around a rotation axis, the strap winding around the winder when the active length is less than the fixed length; an immobilizing member, the immobilizing member being actuatable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, in the engaged position the immobilizing member prevents the winder from rotating around the axis under an effect of the return element, in the disengaged position the winder is able to freely rotate around the axis, the immobilizing member being translatable along the rotation axis between the engaged position and the disengaged position; an unblocking member for releasing the immobilizing member; and an adjuster further adjusting the active length of the strap, the adjuster being actuatable to drive the winder around the rotation axis when the immobilizing member is in the engaged position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The inside motor vehicle element according to claim 1, wherein the inner wall is a part of a lateral trunk trim, a floor, a threshold trim, a door panel, lateral walls of a front console or a seat element. ### Claim 3 A device for keeping at least one accessory against an inner wall of a motor vehicle comprising: a rail securable to the inner wall, the rail including a bearing element; a strap having a fixed length, the strap designed to keep the at least one accessory against the bearing element; at least one sliding element slidable along a length of the rail, the strap being able to be connected to the at least one sliding element; an adjustment device adjusting the strap to an active length of the strap, the adjustment device including: a return element adjusting the active length of the strap to a minimum length which defines a retracted configuration; a winder rotatable around a rotation axis, the strap winding around the winder when the active length is less than the fixed length; an immobilizing member, the immobilizing member being actuatable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, in the engaged position, the immobilizing member prevents the winder from rotating around the axis under an effect of the return element, in the disengaged position, the winder is able to freely rotate around the axis, the immobilizing member being translatable along the rotation axis between the engaged position and disengaged position; an unblocking member for releasing the immobilizing member; and an adjuster further adjusting the active length of the strap, the adjuster being able actuatable to drive the winder around the rotation axis when the immobilizing member is in the engaged position. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3, wherein the strap is made of a non-extensible material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3, wherein the sliding element comprises a passage into which the strap is to be inserted, and wherein the strap is slidably mounted in said passage. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3, wherein a first end of the strap is fastened on the adjustment device, a second end of the strap is fixed relative to the inner wall, the sliding element being arranged between the ends of the strap. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device according to claim 6, wherein when the second end of the strap is fixed relative to the inner wall, each sliding element is maintained in the rail. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The device according to claim 6, further comprising a tip for fastening the second end of the strap on the rail, the tip cooperating with a complementary shape formed in the rail. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The device according to claim 8, wherein the tip is at one end of the rail. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3, wherein the sliding element includes a gripping device for controlling the sliding of the sliding element in the rail. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3, wherein the sliding element includes a base body and a guide, the guide separating the strap from the rail to allow a user to grasp the strap when the sliding element is received at the rail, the guide including at least one front stop and one rear stop protruding relative to the base body and at an end of the base body in a longitudinal direction, each stop having a sliding surface for the strap, which diverges away from the base body and away from the rail. ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3 wherein the unblocking member is translatable along the rotation axis. ### Claim 13 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3 wherein the unblocking member is a button and connected to the immobilizing member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3 further comprising a housing securable to the inner wall or rail. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The device according to claim 14 wherein the housing contains the adjustment device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The device according to claim 15 wherein the unblocking member is accessible from outside the housing.