Removable stanchion cover
View Patent ↗A stanchion cover having an upholstered cover for providing a flat cargo surface in a sport utility vehicle or minivan in the area of removable or stowable seats. The cover also includes improvements in providing cargo storage compartments for common and safety accessories as well as providing ways to utilize the seat stanchions to provide cargo anchor for specific applications.
1. A cover for a passenger vehicle having a passenger compartment having front seats and removable or stowable rear seats and a plurality of seat stanchions for releasably securing said seats in place, said passenger compartment having a width defined by the interior door and side panels of said vehicle, and having a floor well defined toward the rear of the vehicle by a planar cargo area, and lower than said cargo area, said cover comprising;
a molded plastic panel configured to fill said floor well the width of said passenger compartment between said cargo area and said front seats, forming a substantially level surface with said cargo area, said panel having apertures therethrough to receive a plurality of said stanchions; and
a sleeve having at least one upholstered panel, formed to fit said plastic panel, said cover having apertures corresponding to said plastic panel apertures when said sleeve is secured about said plastic panel.
2. The cover of claim 1 wherein said sleeve comprises a fabric panel having elastic character.
3. The cover of claim 1 wherein said cover contains a utility compartment and said sleeve has an opening corresponding thereto.
4. The cover of claim 3 wherein said utility compartment press fits into a corresponding opening in said panel and clamps a portion of said sleeve in the vicinity of said sleeve opening against said panel.
5. The cover of claim 1 further comprising a bracket means for securing items stowed in said cargo area to said stanchions.
6. A cover for a passenger vehicle having a passenger compartment having front seats and removable or stowable rear seats and a plurality of seat stanchions for releasably securing said seats in place, said passenger compartment having a width defined by the interior door and side panels of said vehicle, and having a floor well defined toward the rear of the vehicle by a planar cargo area, and lower than said cargo area, said cover comprising;
a pair of molded plastic panels configured to fill said floor well the width of said passenger compartment between said cargo area and said front seats, forming a substantially level surface with said cargo area, said panels having apertures therethrough to receive a plurality of said stanchions; and
a pair of sleeves having each at least one upholstered panel, formed to fit said plastic panels, said cover having apertures corresponding to said plastic panel apertures when said sleeves are secured about said plastic panels.