Slide deck device for vehicle
A slide deck device for a vehicle is provided wherein a luggage placement plate can be operated to slide smoothly even if heavy luggage is placed on the front or rear end of the luggage placement plate and also wherein no adverse effect occurs in subsequent sliding operations. The slide deck device includes upper rollers 69 which are mounted to the upper rails 52, 53, 70, 71 and 87 to be positioned in front of rearmost lower rollers of the lower rollers 64 , are positioned in the lower rails 25 , are spaced away from ceiling surfaces 31 of the lower rails and the bottom surfaces 30 of the lower rails when in contact with the bottom surfaces, and come in contact with the ceiling surfaces to be rotatable thereon when some of the lower rollers move away from the bottom surfaces and the ceiling surfaces.
1. A slide deck device for a vehicle, said slide deck device comprising:
a pair of left and right lower rails, each having a channel shape which is fixed to a floor of a luggage compartment of the vehicle, having a back door, and wherein said pair of left and right lower rails extend in a forward/rearward direction wherein upper surfaces thereof are open;
a pair of left and right upper rails which are slidable relative to said pair of left and right lower rails and support left and right ends of a lower surface of a luggage placement plate, respectively;
a plurality of lower rollers which are arranged in said forward/rearward direction, are mounted to said upper rails, are positioned in said lower rails, and contact bottom surfaces of said lower rails to be rotatable thereon; and
upper rollers which are mounted to said upper rails to be positioned in front of rearmost lower rollers of said lower rollers, are positioned in said lower rails, are spaced away from ceiling surfaces of said lower rails and are spaced away from said bottom surfaces of said lower rails when all of said lower rollers come in contact with said bottom surfaces, and come in contact with said ceiling surfaces to be rotatable thereon when some of said lower rollers move away from said bottom surfaces and are away from said ceiling surfaces.
2. The slide deck device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said lower rollers is disposed in front of said upper rollers and at least one of said lower rollers is disposed behind said upper rollers.