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Covering device for the load space of a motor vehicle

  • US 6,592,165 B2
  • Filed: 01/17/2002
  • Issued: 07/15/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A covering device for the load space of a motor vehicle, the covering device including a modular casing having therein a winding shaft and a coiled spring apparatus operably associated with the winding shaft, the covering device further comprising:

  • a flexible surface structure having a forward end, said surface structure being rollably supported on the winding shaft, wherein the coiled spring apparatus exerts a biasing force on the surface structure prompting the surface structure to be rolled up on the winding shaft;

    a form-stable extending element operatively fixed to the forward end of the surface structure;

    at least one guiding device disposed within the load space, the at least one guiding device including at least one catching area;

    at least one locking device operatively associated with the at least one guiding device for maintaining the position of the surface structure relative to the at least one guiding device, wherein the at least one locking device is capable of transitioning between a restrained position within the at least one catching area and an unrestrained position without the at least one catching area; and

    a releasing device operably associated with the extending element, such that manipulation of the releasing device causes the at least one locking device to be transitioned from its restrained position to its unrestrained position, thereby causing the surface structure to be retracted in the direction of the winding shaft due to the biasing force being exerted on the surface structure by the coiled spring apparatus.

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