JP2001030760A - Soft top storage unit for open car - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a detachable soft-top storage unit for an open car capable of mounting objects with a long diameter in a flat state in a storage portion thereof. SOLUTION: A soft top storage unit is provided with: a main frame 10 which is detachably placed rearward of a peripheral body 9a, coupled with both side walls and lower end portions thereof, and integrally provided with a bottom portion occupying a front area of a luggage door; a U-shaped carrier bar 15 comprising a slide bar provided slidably on a duct-like carrier-bar guiding portions 13 formed on upper end portions of the both side walls in the forward direction and a lateral bar which couples both rear ends of the slide bars; a soft top storage portion 20 which crosses between front ends of the both side carrier-bar guiding portions 13 and stores retraction devices for front and rear soft tops; a header 30 at an upper end of a windshield 5; and a soft-top guiding bar 35 which bridges between both ends of the header 30 and the front ends of the carrier-bar guiding portions 13. The front soft top is pulled out toward the header 30 along a guiding groove formed on the soft-top guiding bar 35, and the rear soft top is pulled out rearward toward the bottom along a guiding groove formed on the side wall.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hood storage unit for an open car for storing a hood covering an upward open area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A hood is stored in a foldable manner at the rear, and when a long object is mounted, it is usually mounted on a luggage door.

[0003]

Therefore, the long object is mounted so as to protrude obliquely above the hood and to the rear part of the luggage door, and lacks a sense of stability. On the other hand, the folding hood is stored behind the open area when not in use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provide an open car detachable hood storage unit that allows a long object to be mounted horizontally in a storage portion of the hood.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a side wall of a peripheral body of an open area is detachably mounted on a portion behind a side door and both side walls are provided. A main body frame integrally connecting the lower ends of the side walls and occupying the front side area of the luggage door, and ducts on both sides formed at the upper ends of the side walls so as to extend horizontally forward. A carrier bar formed in a U-shape by a slide bar slidably housed in the carrier bar guide portion and a horizontal bar connecting the rear ends of the slide bars to each other; and front ends of the carrier bar guide portions on both sides. A hood storage section that traverses the space between the front hood and the front hood and the rear hood, and a header that is set at the upper end of the windshield. And a hood guide bar bridged between the front end of the carrier bar guide portion and the front hood is drawn forward toward the header along the guide groove formed in the hood guide bar, and the rear side The hood is drawn down toward the bottom while gradually descending rearward along the guide groove formed in the side wall.

[0006] The front hood is pulled out forward from the hood storage unit,
When the rear hood is pulled backward, the open area in front of and behind the hood storage unit is covered with the hood. Luggage is placed on the hood storage section and the side bar or header. Long objects are
The carrier bar is pulled out backward and placed. The hood storage unit can be removed when the weather is fine.

In order to secure the getting on and off, according to claim 2,
A front end or a rear end of the hood guide bar is pivotally connected to the front end of the header or the carrier bar guide so as to be rotatable upward. According to the third aspect, at least the carrier bar and the header or the hood guide bar are provided with a belt-locking member for fixing the luggage, in order to facilitate the fixing of the luggage with the belt as in the case of the normal horizontal mounting type. Can be According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a locking device is provided on the floor behind the front seat or on the seat back of the front seat to lock the tip of the rear hood pulled down downward so that wind can be prevented from being involved. Can be

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An open car hood storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The hood storage unit 10a has a peripheral body 9a forming an open area 9 upward as an open car.
Between the side walls 11 provided on the upper end surface of the rear portion of the side door 2 and having the duct-shaped carrier bar guide portion 13 extending horizontally forward at the upper end portion and the rear end portions of the lower ends of these side walls. The bottom portion 12 occupying the front side region of the luggage door 3 is connected between the body frame 10 integrally formed of synthetic resin and the front end portion of the carrier bar guide portion 13, and the front hood, the rear hood 21, 22 , A cylindrical hood housing section 20 for housing winders 25 and 26 (see FIG. 2A) back and forth, a header 30 detachably set at the upper end of the windshield 5 with an engagement groove, A hood guide bar 35 bridged between both end portions and a front end portion of the carrier bar guide portion 13;
And a carrier bar 15 stored slidably back and forth.

The carrier bar includes a slide bar 15a housed in the carrier bar guides 13 on both sides so as to be slidable back and forth, and a lateral bar 15b in the vehicle width direction connecting the rear ends thereof to each other. Is formed. On the inner surface of the carrier bar guide portion 13 and on the outer surface of the slide bar 15a, concave and convex engaging portions having a shape complementary to each other are formed at a storage position, a maximum withdrawal position, and a plurality of positions in the middle. Thereby, the carrier bar 15
Is also locked by frictional engagement at an intermediate drawer position and unlocked by a manual slide operation.

The winders 25 and 26 lock the rear hoods 21 and 22 respectively in the pulled-out position, and as shown in FIG. 2A,
When the associated unlock buttons 25a and 26a are pressed, they are unlocked and automatic winding is performed. At the lower end of the seat back 1a of the front seat 1, as shown in FIG. 3, a horizontally long clip 4 with an openable and closable lever 4a is provided as a locking member. Is to be clamped. Such a locking member may be provided on the floor behind. The plate-shaped rear end 35a of the hood guide bar 35 is pivotally attached to the front end of the carrier bar guide portion 13 by a pin 37, and the plate-shaped front end 35b is engaged with the header 30 so as to be held in a horizontal position. The carrier bar 15 and the header 30 are provided with U-shaped locking members 39 of a belt for fixing a load.

The front hood 21 is drawn forward toward the header 30 along guide grooves 36 (see FIG. 2B) formed on the inner surfaces of the hood guide bars 35 on both sides. Rear hood 22
Is gradually lowered rearward along a similar guide groove 36a (see FIG. 6) formed at the upper portion of the side wall 11, that is, at the bottom of the carrier bar guide portion 13 and the curved rear end of the side wall 11. It is pulled out toward the bottom 12.

The hood storage unit 10a has an open area 9
At the upper end surface of the peripheral body 9a, for example, at three places on the left and right sides and at the rear part, a thumb screw is screwed through a bolt mounting hole 16 to be detachably attached. As another detachable mounting structure, as shown in FIG.
, An operation lever 40 rotatably supported by the nut, a nut 42 screwed into the tip of the operation lever 40, and a stopper 41 of the nut 42 provided on the peripheral body 9a. The operation lever 40 rotated between the stopper 41 and the release position indicated by the dotted line is locked by screwing the nut 42 until the nut 42 is restrained by the stopper 41.

The hood storage unit 10a of the open car thus configured is attached to the peripheral body 9a of the open area 9 as necessary. In this state, the side wall 11 occupies the vicinity of the side position of the seat back 6 of the rear seat. When a long object, for example, a ski 29 is mounted, as shown in FIG. 4, with the tops 21 and 22 stored or pulled out, the carrier bar 15 is pulled out backward until it is restrained by a stopper and locked, and the belt is skied. Fixing 29 and fixing device 3
Lock to 9.

At the time of getting on and off, as shown in FIG. 5, the hood guide bar 35 is turned upward to open the getting on and off port. As shown in FIG. 6, the front hood 21 or the rear hood 22 can be pulled back and forth as a sunshade or a sunshade. It can be pulled out to any midway position. As shown in FIG. 7, the rear hood 22 is removed from the guide groove 36a, lowered downward, and locked to the clip 4 of the seat back 1a at the tip end, as shown in FIG.

[0015] The number of the belt fixing members for fixing the baggage is not limited to the above-mentioned four, but can be added to the hood storage section or the like.
The present invention is also applicable to an open car having no rear seats behind the front seats or an open car having a space for preparing an auxiliary chair. In this case, the body frame is correspondingly narrow. The rear hood may be provided with a window or made translucent so that the rear can be seen when wind is prevented from being involved. The hood guide bar 35 may have its front end pivotally attached to the header, as the case may be.

[0016]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a detachable hood storage unit in which a carrier bar capable of horizontally mounting a long object is realized. The hood configured as a front hood and a rear hood is easily pulled back and forth. According to the invention of claim 2, the hood guide bar of the front hood can be rotated so as not to be in the way when getting on and off. According to the third aspect of the invention, the provision of the belt locking member allows the luggage to be securely and easily mounted on the top storage unit. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent wind from getting into the vehicle interior by using the rear hood covering the rear surface.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hood storage unit of an open car according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 shows a detailed structure of each part of the hood storage unit. FIG. 2A is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is a sectional view taken along line BB.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a front seat having a locking device of a rear hood pulled out from the hood storage unit.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state where a long object is mounted on the hood storage unit.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an open state of a hood guide bar of the hood storage unit.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the hood of the hood storage unit is pulled out.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the rear hood of the hood storage unit is used to prevent wind from being caught.

FIG. 8 shows a detachable mounting structure of the storage unit according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 9 open area 9a peripheral body 10 body frame 10a hood storage unit 11 side wall 12 bottom 13 carrier bar guide part 15 carrier bar 15a slide bar 15b side bar 20 hood storage part 21 front hood 22 rear hood 30 header 39 fastener

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A bottom portion which is detachably mounted on a portion of a peripheral body of an open area behind a side door, connects side walls on both sides and lower ends of these side walls, and occupies a front area of a luggage door. , And slide bars housed slidably in duct-like carrier bar guide portions on both sides formed so as to extend horizontally forward at upper end portions of the side walls on both sides, and these slide bars. The carrier bar formed in a U-shape by a horizontal bar connecting the rear ends of the carrier bars to the front ends of the carrier bar guides on both sides, and the winders of the front hood and the rear hood are moved back and forth. And a header set at the upper end of the windshield,
A hood guide bar bridging between both end portions of the header and a front end portion of the carrier bar guide portion, wherein the front hood is directed toward the header along a guide groove formed in the hood guide bar. The rear hood is pulled out toward the bottom while the rear hood is gradually lowered rearward along a guide groove formed in the side wall. 2. The open car according to claim 1, wherein a front end or a rear end of the hood guide bar is rotatably pivoted upward to a front end of the header or the carrier bar guide. Hood storage unit. 3. The open car hood as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least the carrier bar and the header or the hood guide bar are provided with a locking member for a belt for fixing the luggage. Storage unit. 4. A locking device for locking a front end of a rear hood pulled out downward is provided on a floor behind the front seat or a seat back of the front seat. A hood storage unit for an open car according to any one of claims 3 to 3.