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Granted Patent B2
US 10,029,617 · App. 15/627,597 · Granted Jul 24, 2018

Cover for a gap behind a rear seat backrest in a vehicle

Inventors: Tim Klausmann (Heinsberg, DE); Robert Wagschal (Ruppichteroth, DE); Frank Schneider (Iserlohn, DE)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
B60R5/047
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Patent No.
US 10,029,617
App. No.
15/627,597
Granted
Jul 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cover is provided for covering a gap between a rear seat backrest of a vehicle and a luggage space cover of the vehicle, which cover extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The cover has a surface element which can be pulled out of a housing of the luggage space cover. Arranged on the surface element is at least one support element which, when pulled out of the housing, can be moved from a first stable position into a second stable position, wherein in the housing there is arranged at least one forced guide which at least at the output side thereof has a curved configuration so that the support element is forced into the second stable position.

Claims (26)

1. A cover for extending in transverse direction of a vehicle for covering a gap between a rear seat backrest and a luggage space cover of a vehicle, comprising:

a surface element which can be pulled out of a housing of the luggage space cover;

at least one support element arranged on the surface element which, when pulled out of the housing, can be moved from a first stable position into a second stable position; and

at least one forced guide arranged in the housing which at least at an output side thereof has a curved configuration to force the support element into the second stable position.

2. The cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one support element is constructed as a bistable resilient element.

3. The cover as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one support element comprises a bistable resilient strip.

4. The cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one support element in the second stable position thereof has a curved configuration.

5. The cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one support element is pretensioned in the second stable position.

6. The cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein there are provided at least two support elements, which are arranged at lateral longitudinal edges of the surface element with respect to a longitudinal vehicle axis.

7. The cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support element is connected to the surface element, and wherein the support element is received in a pocket of the surface element.

8. The cover as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the support element is sewn to the surface element.

9. The cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one forced guide which has an input side and an opposing output side, wherein the input side has a linear configuration, and wherein the opposing output side has a curved configuration so that the support element, when the surface element is pulled out by passing the at least one forced guide, can be moved into the pretensioned and curved second stable position, in which the support element together with the surface element covers the gap in a self-supporting manner, and wherein the support element during rolling into the housing by passing the at least one forced guide can be moved into the first stable position, in which the support element together with the surface element is rolled up inside the housing.

10. The cover as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a winding mechanism arranged in the housing so the surface element together with the support element can be pulled out of the housing and rolled up in the housing, wherein the winding mechanism has one of a winding rod and a winding pipe.

11. A cover extendable to cover a gap between a rear seat backrest and a luggage space cover of a vehicle, comprising:

a surface element extendable from a housing of the luggage space cover;

a support element on the surface element and in a first stable position in the housing; and

a forced guide comprising a curved configuration to force the support element into a second stable position when pulled out of the housing.

12. The cover as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the support element is constructed as a bistable resilient element.

13. The cover as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the support element comprises a bistable resilient strip.

14. The cover as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the support element in the second stable position thereof has a curved configuration.

15. The cover as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the support element is pretensioned in the second stable position.

16. The cover as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the cover is extendable in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and wherein there are provided at least two support elements, which are arranged at lateral longitudinal edges of the surface element with respect to a longitudinal vehicle axis.

17. The cover as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the support element is connected to the surface element, and wherein the support element is received in a pocket of the surface element.

18. The cover as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the support element is sewn to the surface element.

19. The cover as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the forced guide which has an input side and an opposing output side, wherein the input side has a linear configuration, and wherein the opposing output side has the curved configuration at an output side of the housing so that the support element, when the surface element is pulled out by passing the forced guide, can be moved into the pretensioned and curved second stable position, in which the support element together with the surface element covers the gap in a self-supporting manner, and wherein the support element during rolling into the housing by passing the forced guide can be moved into the first stable position, in which the support element together with the surface element is rolled up inside the housing.

20. The cover as claimed in claim 11 further comprising a winding mechanism arranged in the housing so the surface element together with the support element can be pulled out of the housing and rolled up in the housing, wherein the winding mechanism has one of a winding rod and a winding pipe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2017
From: KLAUSMANN, TIM; WAGSCHAL, ROBERT; SCHNEIDER, FRANK
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 042755/0283 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 212 037 · Jul 1, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180001826A1 · Jan 4, 2018