Cargo partition

• US 5,340,183 A
• Filed: 05/19/1993
• Issued: 08/23/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Atlantic Automotive Components
• Original Assignee: Atlantic Automotive Components
• Inventors: Horian, Richard C.
• Primary Examiner(s): PAPE, JOSEPH
• Application Number:
  US08/064,516
• Time in Patent Office: 461 Days
• Field of Search: 296/37.5, 296/37.6, 296/37.16, 296/76, 296/24.1, 224/42.42
• US Class Current: 296/24.4
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/02 in separate luggage compartment B60R7/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/925 Carrier for grocery bag

Abstract

A partition for a vehicle having a front panel, side panels and attachments hinged together for deployment from a stowed position against the wall of a vehicle cargo area to a stand-alone extension forming smaller cargo compartments.

Claims

1. A partition for a vehicle, comprising

a front panel having first and second hinges at opposite ends thereof, respectively;

a first side panel coupled at one end with said front panel by said first hinge, said first side panel being comprised of first multiple sections hinged together;

a second side panel coupled at one end with said front panel by said second hinge, said second side panel being comprised of second multiple sections hinged together;

attachments hinged at the other ends of said first side panel and said second side panel, respectively, said attachments each including a body and a fastening point in said body, said bodies being flexible between said ;

fastening points and said first and second side panels, respectively to allow lifting of said front panel with said fastening points attached to the vehicle.

2. The partition of claim 1 wherein said front panel and said side panels are sheets of semi-rigid material, said hinges being flexible material attached about said sheets with said sheets displaced one from another.

3. The partition of claim 1 wherein said front panel is rigid.

4. The partition of claim 1 wherein said first side panel is comprised of two said first multiple sections.

5. The partition of claim 4 wherein said second side panel is comprised of two said second multiple sections.

6. The partition of claim 1 wherein said first and second hinges are cloth.

7. The partition of claim 1 wherein said front panel, said first and second hinges and said first and second side panels are all one piece of sheet material with said first and second hinges being thinner than said front panel.

8. The partition of claim 1 wherein said front panel, said first and second hinges, said attachments and said first and second side panels are all one piece of sheet material with said first and second hinges being thinner than said front panel.

9. The partition of claim 1 further comprising an elastic strap fixed at either end to each said first section with said strap under tension with said first sections partially extended.

10. The partition of claim 1 further comprising hinge stops on said first multiple sections and said second multiple sections on said side panels to prevent said hinged multiple sections from passing full extension.

11. A partition for a vehicle, comprising a one piece sheet defining

a front panel;

first and second hinges at opposite ends of said front panel, respectively, said hinges being thinner than said front panel to provide flexibility;

a first side panel coupled at one end with said front panel by said first hinge, said first side panel defining first and second sections and a third hinge therebetween, said third hinge being thinner than said first and second sections for flexibility;

a second side panel coupled at one end with said front panel by said second hinge, said second side panel defining third and fourth sections and a fourth hinge therebetween, said fourth hinge being thinner than said third and fourth sections for flexibility;

attachments hinged at the other ends of said first side panel and said second side panel, respectively, said attachments including bodies, fastening points in said bodies and hinges between said bodies and said first and second side panels, respectively, said bodies being flexible between said fastening points and said first and second side panels, respectively.

12. The partition of claim 11 wherein said front panel is rigid.

13. The partition of claim 11 further comprising an elastic strap fixed at either end to each said first section with said strap under tension with said first sections partially extended.

14. The partition of claim 11 further comprising hinge stops on said first multiple sections and said second multiple sections on the inside of said side panels to prevent said hinged multiple sections from passing full extension.

15. A vehicle comprising

a cargo area having a wall about at least a portion of said cargo area with anchor points to either side of a portion of said wall;

a partition including a front panel, two side panels each flexibly coupled at one end with said front panel at either end of said front panel and at the other end with said anchor points, respectively, said front panel conforming to the shape of said portion of said wall between said anchor points.

16. The partition of claim 15 further comprising a fastener selectively holding said front panel against said cargo area wall.

17. The vehicle of claim 15 wherein said cargo area is a trunk and said wall is the back panel of the vehicle.

18. A vehicle comprising

a cargo area having a wall about at least a portion of said cargo area with anchor points to either side of a portion of said wall;

a partition including a front panel having first and second hinges at opposite ends thereof, respectively, a first side panel coupled at one end with said front panel by said first hinge, said first side panel being comprised of first multiple sections hinged together, a second side panel coupled at one end with said front panel by said second hinge, said second side panel being comprised of second multiple sections hinged together, attachments hinged at the other ends of said first side panel and said second side panel, respectively, said attachments each including a body and a fastening point in said body attached to a said anchor point, respectively, said front panel conforming to said portion of said wall between said anchor points.