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WO2023187805A1 - Système de support pliable pour tapis à bagages - Google Patents

Système de support pliable pour tapis à bagages Download PDF

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WO2023187805A1
WO2023187805A1 PCT/IN2023/050048 IN2023050048W WO2023187805A1 WO 2023187805 A1 WO2023187805 A1 WO 2023187805A1 IN 2023050048 W IN2023050048 W IN 2023050048W WO 2023187805 A1 WO2023187805 A1 WO 2023187805A1
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flaps
floor carpet
support system
luggage floor
collapsible support
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Srijna PRASAD
Mahendra KAKADE
Prathamesh CHAVAN
Mansing SURYAVANSHI
Vaibhav WANI
Sagar GITE
Sujit Sahoo
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Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R13/00—Elements for body-finishing, identifying, or decorating; Arrangements or adaptations for advertising purposes
    • B60R13/01—Liners for load platforms or load compartments
    • B60R13/011—Liners for load platforms or load compartments for internal load compartments, e.g. car trunks
    • B60R13/013—Liners for load platforms or load compartments for internal load compartments, e.g. car trunks comprising removable or hinged parts, e.g. for accessing storage compartments
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R5/00—Compartments within vehicle body primarily intended or sufficiently spacious for trunks, suit-cases, or the like
    • B60R5/04—Compartments within vehicle body primarily intended or sufficiently spacious for trunks, suit-cases, or the like arranged at rear of vehicle

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  • the present subject matter described herein generally relates to a luggage floor carpet, and more specifically to a collapsible support for luggage floor carpet and method to use thereof.
  • a luggage floor carpet is used to protect the luggage in an automobile boot or trunk against damage and provides a plain surface for storage in all types of vehicles.
  • the boot or trunk of the vehicle is also used to store a spare wheel upon which the luggage floor carpet is placed.
  • Many a times the spare wheel is a normal tyre or a limp home tyre.
  • the limp home tyre is basically a tyre with smaller dimensions than the normal tyre of the vehicle. Due to smaller dimensions of the limp home tyre, there is a gap/space between the tyre and the luggage floor carpet and hence there is possibility of sagging of the luggage floor carpet on storing the luggage.
  • a foam is supported from B surface of the luggage compartment floor carpet which maintains a level of luggage compartment floor carpet in normal condition when a limp home tyre is placed in the vehicle boot or trunk.
  • Said foam is an extra part which need to be carried every time and as it is a loose part, there are high chances of getting it misplaced. Further, as the foam is a soft part, there is chance for deformation of the luggage floor carpet on storing the luggage. Further, during sudden puncture, normal tyre needs to be placed in the spare wheel area by replacing it with the limp home tyre. In such case, the foam is kept in the boot space which reduces a storage capacity of the boot. Furthermore, removing or installing the foam is an added activity for the user during replacement of tyre.
  • One object of the present disclosure is to provide a collapsible type of support for a luggage floor carpet which is compact, lightweight and cost effective.
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a luggage floor carpet that supports both a normal tyre and a limp home tyre.
  • Yet another object of the present disclosure is to prevent sagging or deformation of a luggage floor carpet.
  • Yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide a collapsible support system which is directly mounted on a luggage floor carpet to reduce space constraint of a boot area of vehicle.
  • Yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide a collapsible support to a luggage floor carpet for easy accessibility and operation by the user.
  • the present subject matter relates to a collapsible support system for a luggage floor carpet.
  • Said collapsible support system is opened on demand to compensate a gap created between a limp home tyre in a spare wheel well and the luggage floor carpet.
  • Said collapsible support system mainly comprises a plurality of horizontal flaps (103), a pair of longitudinal flaps (104) and an actuating means wherein said support system is mounted on a hardboard (102) of the luggage floor carpet (101) through a plurality of hinges (105).
  • the plurality of horizontal flaps and the pair of longitudinal flaps are configured to open simultaneously from 0 to 90 by operating the actuating means wherein the plurality of horizontal flaps and the pair of longitudinal flaps are configured to be of same height.
  • the plurality of hinges are configured to be of detent type or L-type that are restricted to open from 0 to 90.
  • the actuating means is configured to be from one of a string and handle mechanism, a gear mechanism, a pneumatic actuator, a solenoid valve, a hydraulic actuator and a motorized mechanism.
  • the actuating means of the present invention is configured to be a string connected to a handle provided for pulling wherein the string is further connected to the plurality of horizontal flaps through a hole.
  • a method of operation of the collapsible support system for the luggage floor carpet as claimed in claim 1 comprises steps of: for opening the collapsible support system: operating the actuating means to open the collapsible support wherein the plurality of collapsed horizontal flaps and the pair of collapsed longitudinal flaps opens simultaneously from 0 to 90 between the gap created between the limp home tyre of the spare wheel well and the luggage floor carpet and for closing the collapsible support system: operating the actuating means to collapse the plurality of opened horizontal flaps and the pair of opened longitudinal flaps simultaneously from 90 to 0.
  • the present subject matter discloses a collapsible support system for a luggage floor carpet comprising a plurality of horizontal flaps configured to be mounted between a pair of longitudinal flaps, a plurality of hinges configured for mounting the plurality of horizontal flaps and the pair of longitudinal flaps on a hardboard of the luggage floor carpet and an actuating means configured to open and close the plurality of horizontal flaps and the pair of longitudinal flaps on demand.
  • said collapsible support system is configured to compensate a gap created between the luggage floor carpet and a limp home tyre mounted in a spare wheel well.
  • the plurality of horizontal flaps and the pair of longitudinal flaps are configured to open simultaneously from 0 to 90 by the actuating means.
  • the plurality of hinges are configured to be of detent type or L-type that are restricted to open from 0 to 90.
  • the plurality of horizontal flaps and the pair of longitudinal flaps are configured to be of same height required to compensate the gap created between the luggage floor carpet and the limp home tyre mounted in the spare wheel well.
  • the actuating means is configured to be from one of a string and handle mechanism, a gear mechanism, a pneumatic actuator, a solenoid valve, a hydraulic actuator and a motorized mechanism.
  • the actuating means of the present invention is configured to be a string connected to a handle provided for pulling wherein the string is further connected to the plurality of horizontal flaps through a hole.
  • a method of operation of the collapsible support system for the luggage floor carpet as claimed in claim 1 comprises steps of: for opening the collapsible support system: operating the actuating means to open the collapsible support wherein the plurality of collapsed horizontal flaps and the pair of collapsed longitudinal flaps opens simultaneously from 0 to 90 between the gap created between the limp home tyre of the spare wheel well and the luggage floor carpet and for closing the collapsible support system: operating the actuating means to collapse the plurality of opened horizontal flaps and the pair of opened longitudinal flaps simultaneously from 90 to 0.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a schematic view of a boot area of vehicle with placement of a normal tyre and a limp home tyre, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 2 illustrates an isometric view of a collapsible support system for a luggage floor carpet in open condition, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a top view of a collapsible support system for a luggage floor carpet, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a collapsible support system for a luggage floor carpet in closed condition, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • the present subject matter discloses a collapsible support for a luggage floor carpet in a vehicle.
  • the luggage floor carpet (101) of the vehicle is provided with support system which is collapsible and is operable on demand.
  • Said support system is generally used when a limp home tyre (110) is placed in a spare wheel storage area to compensate a height difference between the limp home tyre (110) and the luggage floor carpet (101).
  • a normal tyre (111) in the spare wheel storage area said system remains in collapsible condition.
  • FIG. 1 a boot area of a vehicle is shown.
  • the figure depicts a schematic of the boot area wherein mounting of the normal tyre (111) and the limp home tyre (110) in the spare wheel storage area is shown.
  • the luggage floor carpet (101) is mounted on the tyre wherein in case of the limp home tyre (110), a huge gap is present which is clearly observable from the figure 1. This height gap is compensated by operating a collapsible support system of the present invention.
  • the collapsible support system mainly comprises of collapsible flaps (103, 104) operable by an actuating means.
  • the collapsible flaps further comprises a plurality of horizontal flaps (103) mounted between a pair of longitudinal flaps (104) wherein said collapsible support system is mounted on a hardboard (102) of the luggage floor carpet (101).
  • the hardboard (102) is configured to be mounted on a B surface of the luggage floor carpet (101) facing a tyre located in a spare wheel well of a vehicle trunk.
  • the actuating means is configured to be from one of a string and handle mechanism, a gear mechanism, a pneumatic actuator, a solenoid valve, a hydraulic actuator and a motorized mechanism.
  • the actuating means is configured to be a string (106).
  • the actuating means may be modified based on specialized skill of a person.
  • the collapsible flaps (103, 104) comprises of three horizontal flaps (103) and two longitudinal flaps (104). However, a skilled person can vary the number of the horizontal flaps (103) and the longitudinal flaps (104) depending on available space in the vehicle.
  • collapsible flaps (103, 104) One end of the collapsible flaps (103, 104) is configured to be mounted on the hardboard (102) and the other end of the collapsible flap (103, 104) is unrestricted for opening and closing of flaps.
  • the horizontal flaps (103) are configured to be mounted parallel to each other at predefined distance from each other.
  • the longitudinal flaps (104) are configured to be mounted at both ends of the horizontal flaps (103) to facilitate a collapsible nature of the flaps.
  • the longitudinal flaps (104) are also mounted parallel to each other at predefined distance from each other.
  • the collapsible flaps (103, 104) are configured to be hinged on the hardboard (102) by a plurality of hinges (105).
  • the L-type brackets (105) are openable up to maximum of 90°.
  • the hinges (105) are configured to be of detent type or L-type.
  • each horizontal flap of the horizontal flaps (103) is configured with a hole (107) wherein the string (106) is configured to be passed through the hole (107).
  • the string (106) is further configured to be connected to a handle (108).
  • the horizontal flaps (103) are configured to open due to a tension exerted on the string (106).
  • the handle (108) is configured to be pulled for opening the collapsible flaps (103, 104). Pulling of handle (108) pulls the string (106) and the horizontal flaps (103) tend to open.
  • the longitudinal flaps (104) are configured to open due to movement of the horizontal flaps (103).
  • the horizontal flaps (103) and the longitudinal flaps (104) are configured to open simultaneously on pulling the handle (108).
  • the horizontal flaps (103) and the longitudinal flaps (104) are configured to open simultaneously from 0° to 90° due to the hinges (105).
  • the open condition of the horizontal flaps (103) and the longitudinal flaps (104) are configured to attain exact 90° from the hardboard (102) due to tension of the string (106) and provides structural support between the gap of the luggage floor carpet (101) and the tyre located in the boot or trunk of the vehicle.
  • the string (106) is configured to be tied manually around a knob (109) in order to maintain the tension of the string (106).
  • the horizontal flaps (103) are configured to lie flat on the hardboard (102) with the longitudinal flaps (104) on top of the horizontal flaps (103).
  • the hinges (105) are configured to be rotate at 0° to facilitate the closed condition of the flaps (103,104).
  • the string (106) is configured to be untied from the knob (109) to release the tension in the string (106).
  • the flaps rotate from 90° to 0° wherein the horizontal flaps (103) are configured to collapse first followed by the longitudinal flaps (104).
  • the horizontal flaps (103) and the longitudinal flaps (104) and the longitudinal flaps (104) are configured to be made of stiff material such as same material as the hardboard (102). However, the material for the flaps is configured to vary. [0030] In another embodiment, length, thickness, size and number of the horizontal flaps (103) are varied based on dimension of the luggage floor carpet (101) and the dimension of spare tyre well in the boot or trunk of the vehicle.
  • the number of hinges (105) are varied based on the length of the horizontal flaps (103) and the length of the longitudinal flaps (104).
  • the present subject matter in general discloses a collapsible support system for a luggage floor carpet comprising a plurality of horizontal flaps (103) configured to be mounted between a pair of longitudinal flaps (104), a plurality of hinges (105) configured for mounting the plurality of horizontal flaps (103) and the pair of longitudinal flaps (104) on a hardboard of the luggage floor carpet and an actuating means configured to open and close the plurality of horizontal flaps (103) and the pair of longitudinal flaps (104) on demand.
  • said collapsible support system is configured to compensate a gap created between the luggage floor carpet (101) and a limp home tyre (110) mounted in a spare wheel well.
  • the plurality of horizontal flaps (103) and the pair of longitudinal flaps (104) are configured to open simultaneously from 0 to 90 by the actuating means. Further, the plurality of hinges (105) are configured to be of detent type or L-type that are restricted to open from 0 to 90. The plurality of horizontal flaps (103) and the pair of longitudinal flaps (104) are configured to be of same height required to compensate the gap created between the luggage floor carpet and the limp home tyre mounted in the spare wheel well.
  • the actuating means is configured to be from one of a string and handle mechanism, a gear mechanism, a pneumatic actuator, a solenoid valve, a hydraulic actuator and a motorized mechanism.
  • the actuating means of the present invention is configured to be a string (106) connected to a handle (108) provided for pulling wherein the string (106) is further connected to the plurality of horizontal flaps (103) through a hole (107).
  • a method of operation of the collapsible support system for the luggage floor carpet as claimed in claim 1 comprises steps of: for opening the collapsible support system: operating the actuating means to open the collapsible support wherein the plurality of collapsed horizontal flaps (103) and the pair of collapsed longitudinal flaps (104) opens simultaneously from 0 to 90 between the gap created between the limp home tyre of the spare wheel well and the luggage floor carpet and for closing the collapsible support system: operating the actuating means to collapse the plurality of opened horizontal flaps (103) and the pair of opened longitudinal flaps (104) simultaneously from 90 to 0.
  • Exemplary embodiments discussed above may provide certain advantages. Though not required to practice aspects of the disclosure, these advantages may include the following.
  • Some embodiments of the subject matter provide stability to a luggage floor carpet.
  • Some embodiments of the subject matter provide a proper and adequate leveling of the luggage floor carpet.

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La présente invention concerne un système de support pliable pour un tapis de sol à bagages. Ledit système de support pliable comprend une pluralité de rabats horizontaux (103), une paire de rabats longitudinaux (104) et un moyen d'actionnement, ledit système de support étant monté sur un panneau dur (102) du tapis de sol à bagages (101) par l'intermédiaire d'une pluralité de charnières (105). En outre, ledit système de support est ouvert à la demande en actionnant le moyen d'actionnement. La pluralité de rabats horizontaux (103) et la paire de rabats longitudinaux (104) sont ouverts pour compenser un espace créé entre un pneu domestique mou (110) dans un passage de roue de secours et le tapis de sol à bagages (101).
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EP1632397B1 (fr) * 2004-08-27 2008-11-12 Ab Skf Plateau de chargement extensible pour un véhicule
US20180244214A1 (en) * 2015-09-04 2018-08-30 Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg Device comprising a floor cover for a loading space

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EP1632397B1 (fr) * 2004-08-27 2008-11-12 Ab Skf Plateau de chargement extensible pour un véhicule
US20180244214A1 (en) * 2015-09-04 2018-08-30 Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg Device comprising a floor cover for a loading space

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