Rear luggage compartment structure for hatchback vehicle

• US 20030222475A1
• Filed: 03/26/2003
• Published: 12/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Manabe, Toshiyuki, Nagao, Harunori, Saga, Naohito, Nakamitsu, Kou
• Granted Patent: US 6,773,046 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/37.16
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 5/045 collapsible or transformable

Abstract

A rear luggage compartment structure for a hatchback vehicle includes a trunk board comprising front and rear boards which is changeable between a normal position where the front and rear board are laid on front and rear parts of a rear luggage compartment floor, respectively, and a built-up position where the rear board is held upright and the front board is situated horizontally between a rear seat and the rear board held upright so as thereby to create a luggage storage space over the front board that is accessible from a passenger compartment and a secret box under the front board.

Claims

1. A rear luggage compartment structure for a hatchback vehicle with a reargate which provides a rear luggage compartment on a floor behind a rear seat and has a luggage rack disposed at a specified height from the floor behind the rear seat so as to be accessible from a passenger compartment, said rear luggage compartment structure comprising:

a first trunk board laid on a first part of the rear luggage compartment floor and having a lengthwise width greater than said specified height;

a second trunk board laid on a second part continuing from said first part of the rear luggage compartment floor;

support means for supporting said first trunk board upright on said rear luggage compartment floor and said second trunk board horizontally below a top of said rear seat so as thereby to put said second trunk board available as said luggage rack.

2. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 1, and further comprising a front package tray for covering a space formed over said second trunk board supported horizontally by said second trunk board supported upright in said rear luggage compartment, wherein said front package tray is capable of turning toward said reargate to uncover said space formed over said second trunk board by said first trunk board.

3. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 2, and further comprising a rear package tray connected to said front package tray through a transverse joint to cover a space formed in said luggage compartment behind said first trunk board supported upright, wherein said rear package tray is supported by said reargate pivotally mounted to a rear header of said hatchback vehicle so as to uncover said space behind said first trunk board when said tailback is open.

4. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 2, wherein said front package tray is foldable toward said reargate along a transverse joint in at least two folds.

5. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 2, and further comprising a floor tray extending over said first and second parts of said rear luggage compartment floor, wherein said first and second trunk boards are laid on said first and second parts of said rear luggage compartment floor, respectively, through said floor tray.

6. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 5, wherein said support means comprises a set-in groove formed in a transverse direction in said floor tray so as to retain said first trunk board upright.

7. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 6, wherein said rear seat comprises a single bench cushion and two separate seatbacks, each said seatback being foldable toward said bench cushion so as to put a space formed in said rear luggage compartment under said second trunk board supported horizontally accessible from said passenger compartment.

8. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 2, wherein said rear seat comprises a single bench cushion and two separate seatbacks, each said seatback being foldable toward said bench cushion so as to put a space formed in said rear luggage compartment under said second trunk board supported horizontally accessible from said passenger compartment.

9. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 1, and further comprising a floor tray extending over said first and second parts of said rear luggage compartment floor, wherein said first and second trunk boards are laid on said first and second parts of said rear luggage compartment floor, respectively, through said floor tray.

10. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 9, wherein said support means comprises a set-in groove formed in a transverse direction in said floor tray so as to retain said first trunk board upright.

11. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 10, wherein said rear seat comprises a single bench cushion and two separate seatbacks, each said seatback being foldable toward said bench cushion so as to put a space formed in said rear luggage compartment under said second trunk board supported horizontally accessible from said passenger compartment.

12. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 9, and further comprising a rear package tray connected to said front package tray through a transverse joint to cover a space formed in said luggage compartment behind said first trunk board supported upright, wherein said rear package tray is supported by said reargate pivotally mounted to a rear header of said hatchback vehicle so as to uncover said space behind said first trunk board when said tailback is open.

13. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 9, wherein said front package tray is foldable toward said reargate along a transverse joint in at least two folds.

14. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 9, wherein said rear seat comprises a single bench cushion and two separate seatbacks, each said seatback being foldable toward said bench cushion so as to put a space formed in said rear luggage compartment under said second trunk board supported horizontally accessible from said passenger compartment.

15. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 1, wherein said rear seat comprises a single bench cushion and two separate seatbacks, each said seatback being foldable toward said bench cushion so as to put a space formed in said rear luggage compartment under said second trunk board supported horizontally accessible from said passenger compartment.

16. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 1, and further comprising a rear package tray connected to said front package tray through a transverse joint to cover a space formed in said luggage compartment behind said first trunk board supported upright, wherein said rear package tray is supported by said reargate pivotally mounted to a rear header of said hatchback vehicle so as to uncover said space behind said first trunk board when said tailback is open.

17. A rear luggage compartment structure as defined in claim 1, wherein said front package tray is foldable toward said reargate along a transverse joint in at least two folds.