Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R7/00—Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps
  • B60R7/02—Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in separate luggage compartment
• • 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 invention relates to a universal device, which can be removable, of modular vertical compartmentalisation of the part of a vehicle forming a trunk, by means of independent and folding compartments or modules which can be opened simply and instantly and then closed by pivoting and simultaneous folding of all the partitions forming them.
• This device preferably made of plastic, is intended to contain and immobilize objects of various shapes, during their transport, in particular when the trunk is not full or when the objects transported risk slipping on the floor of the trunk due to their low weight.
• the invention aims to overcome these drawbacks by proposing a universal device: adaptable to boxes of different sizes and surfaces and which can be integrated into vehicles already in service; potentially removable: preserving - as necessary - the entire volume of the trunk but sufficiently flat - in the closed position - to remain permanently installed without excessively reducing the height available inside this trunk; modular: generating, in one or more simple and rapid maneuvers, a multiplicity of folding vertical compartments forming parallelepiped storage spaces aligned with each other, adapting to the needs of the user and to the volume of the objects to be transported; simple and economical: by the technique of realization, the instantaneous simplicity of opening inside the trunk and the limited number of parts composing it.
• the invention therefore relates to a vertical and modular compartmentalisation device for the part of a vehicle forming a trunk by means of several folding modules, parallelepipedic, formed of articulated partitions: folding or pivoting, horizontal in the rest position and which, in the position for vertical use determine storage compartments.
• the main partitions which define the perimeter of each compartment or module are of two types: the pivoting partitions and the folding partitions.
• the pivoting partitions like the folding ones are articulated in their upper part to a rigid frame and the folding partitions are, moreover, articulated in half their width and in their lower part in the fixed base of the device.
• the rigid frame in which the upper edges of the partitions are connected and hinged together, forms a crown fitted with integrated manipulation handles.
• each module forms an autonomous storage compartment and can generate another space - outside -, by one of its edges opposite and more or less parallel to a internal walls of the trunk.
• Each module is independent of the others.
• the manipulation of each of them, passing from the horizontal position - closed - to the use position - open - therefore determines a main storage compartment, parallelepiped, open in the upper part, delimited by four main vertical external partitions.
• Two of the main partitions of each module are foldable and held in their vertical position of use by the two adjacent perpendicular pivoting partitions, these pivoting partitions being immobilized preferably by tight adjustment, or even by snap-fastening or locking.
• the four main partitions of each module are self-locking, forming an autonomous compartment, the partitions of which resist both horizontal and vertical forces, internal and external and therefore cannot be folded down without voluntary action. of the user by the simultaneous unlocking or unlocking of the two pivoting partitions which face each other.
• the modules, integral with a fixed base can be in different number and format, thus determining storage compartments of variable volumes.
• compartments or modules preferably four in number, without this example being limiting, are aligned two by two.
• the opening of two of these modules side by side can thus generate, by their opposite edges and more or less parallel to the internal walls of the trunk, means of alignment aligned for objects of great volume which cannot be contained in any one of the modules.
• the modules are, in the case of a removable device, secured to a fixed base, of dimension smaller than the surface of the trunk, which can be placed in different locations of the trunk, cooperating to the internal side walls of the boot by wedging and retaining means, some of which are sliding.
• the fixed base supporting the modules forms only one and the same element of the device designed during the production of the vehicle and thus constitutes original equipment.
• the perimeter of the fixed base perfectly matches the perimeter of the floor and thus cooperates directly with the walls of the trunk to ensure the immobilization of the device inside the trunk.
• pivoting or sliding secondary partitions can complete the compartment inside the four main partitions of each module and can be locked by tight adjustment, snap-fastening or locking.
• Holding devices such as nets or pockets of elastic material can be fixed on the internal or external walls of each partition to complete the immobilization of the transported objects.
• FIGURE 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the removable device with the constituent elements of modular compartmentalization in the closed position on the fixed base and the wedging and retaining elements.
• FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the removable device in position in a vehicle trunk, with the modular partitions and the sliding retaining elements in the open position.
• FIGURE 3 represents the opening mode of the device according to four sequences.
• FIGURE 4 is a sectional view of a module with a folding main partition during straightening by unfolding and a pivoting main partition in the closed position.
• FIGURE 5 is the same sectional view showing the self-locking of a folding main partition by an adjacent main partition pivoting in the open position.
• FIGURE 6 is a section perpendicular to the previous two showing the articulation of a pivoting main partition and its self-locking system.
• FIGURE 7 is a partial perspective view of the compartmentalization device implemented in a configuration delimiting a longitudinal storage space, outside the modules.
• the device is here provided with elastic pockets and has pivoting or sliding secondary partitions in the upright position.
• FIGURE 8 is a partial perspective view of the compartmentalization device implemented in a configuration delimiting a transverse storage space, outside the modules.
• FIGURE 9 is a perspective view of the device, as it could be as original equipment for a new vehicle, in a position in the boot of said vehicle.
• the fixed base of the device here constitutes a single element with the floor of the boot and therefore merges with the latter.
• the device according to the invention comprises one or more independent modules (1, 2, 3, 4) determining inside each of them storage and holding spaces intended for the objects transported and delimiting, in the open position, external spaces between their own partitions and the internal walls of the boot of the vehicle (6, 7, 7a, 8).
• Each module consists of elements hinged together: a rigid frame forming a crown (15, 25, 35, 45), two main pivoting partitions (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32, 41, 42) and two partitions main folding (13, 14, 23, 24, 33, 34, 43, 44).
• These independent modules (1, 2, 3, 4) are, in one embodiment, secured to a fixed base (5) of dimension substantially smaller than the surface of the trunk (9), immobilized inside the latter. ci by fixed wedging means (54, 55) and sliding retaining means (51, 51 a, 51 b, 51c, 51 d, 51 e) which cooperate with the internal walls of the trunk.
• the fixed base (5) occupies the entire surface of the trunk, perfectly matches the contours of its floor (9) and forms with the surface thereof only one and the same element of the device .
• each sliding element (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61) of the retaining means (51 e, 51, 51 a, 51 b, 51c, 51 d) is fixed a connecting end piece and flexible grip (52e, 52, 52a, 52b, 52c, 52d) allowing to immobilize the device by making it cooperate closely with the internal walls of the trunk.
• a locking system (53e, 53, 53a, 53b, 53c, 53d) of the sliding element (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61) is provided on the fixed part of the retaining means.
• the device is seen in a configuration with four modules (1, 2, 3, 4) open, installed in a trunk and cooperating with the trunk floor (9) by the fixed base (5) and with the internal walls of the trunk (6, 7, 7a, and 8) by the sliding elements in the external position (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61) of the retaining means (51, 51a, 51 b, 51c, 51 d, 51e).
• the embodiment illustrated by FIGURES 1, 2 and 3 presents a set of four compartments or modules, this example not being limiting and serving to illustrate the mode of opening of the device.
• FIGURE 3 shows the four instantaneous opening phases of each module. To facilitate understanding, these four phases are represented by the four modules (1, 2, 3, 4):
• - Phase I illustrated by a module (4) in the closed position.
• the main pivoting partitions (41, 42) are horizontal, overhanging the two folding main partitions (43, 44).
• the cap (45) is placed on the fixed base (5).
• - Phase II a module (1) is being opened.
• the main folding partitions (13, 14) unfold by rotation around the axes (100, 101, 102 on one side and 103, 104, 105 the other).
• the main pivoting partitions (1 1, 12, illustrated in dotted lines in FIG. 3) still mechanically retained by the folding main partitions that are not fully unfolded, are substantially horizontal.
• the main folding partitions (23, 24) are fully unfolded and vertical.
• the main pivoting partitions (21, 22), released by these unfolded adjacent partitions (23, 24) pivot, by their own weight, around their axes (200, 201), located in the upper part of the partition and are placed in position vertical, thus preventing - by blocking them - the folding partitions from folding up.
• the main pivoting partitions (21, 22) are held vertically by a system consisting of cavities (62) located at each of the two ends of the lower part of these partitions which engage on projecting elements (63) facing them. , integral with the fixed base (5). The locking of this system is obtained by tight adjustment or snap-fastening.
• the folding closure is obtained by a voluntary release action effected by a horizontal pressure applied from the outside to the inside, simultaneously on the lower part of the main pivoting partitions (21, 22).
• Phase IV the four partitions (31, 32, 33, 34) of a module (3) are in the open position, vertical, self-locked.
• the compartment or module is operational.
• Each module can be opened according to the same operating mode, the partitions of the other modules unfolding identically, for example for module 2, the partitions (23, 24) unfolding by rotation around the axes (106, 107, 108 d 'on one side and 109, 110, 111 on the other).
• FIGURES 4, 5 and 6 are sectional views showing the details of the different pivoting and locking systems of the partitions. The pivoting of the main pivoting partitions (21, 22), FIGURES 4 to
• the pivoting of a main folding partition (23) of the module (2) is done around a line of upper axis (100), located at the level of the crown (25 ) and a lower axis line (102) located at the level of the fixed base (5).
• the articulation may preferably consist of pivots forming an integral part of the partitions and hinging in supports (65) or of an attached metal axis, of total length at the long side (23) .
• the partitions, pivots, cages, supports and, in general, all of the parts making up the device are made of injected plastic.
• the modules (3 and 4) unfold by being articulated around the upper axes (1 12, 1 13, 1 14, 1 15) and their supports (65) for the folding partitions ( 33, 34, 43, 44), and around the axes
• each open module generates a storage compartment inside its four open partitions, but also delimits external spaces between its own partitions and the internal walls of the trunk which are opposite them. screw.
• FIGURE 7 presents an example of the device of which two modules (1 and 2) are open, the modules (3 and 4) being closed, thus delimiting a longitudinal external storage space comprised between the modules (1 and 2) and the walls of the trunk (6, 7, 8), the partitions (12, 22) being placed on the same plane, aligned with one another and substantially parallel to the wall (7) opposite.
• elastic pockets 90, 91
• Pivoting or sliding secondary partitions 92, 93,
• FIGURE 8 shows another example of the device of which two modules (1 and 4) are open, the modules (2 and 3) being closed, thus delimiting a transverse external storage space comprised between the modules (1 and 4) and the walls of the trunk (6, 7, 7a), the partitions (13, 43) being placed on the same plane, aligned with one another and substantially parallel to the wall (6) opposite.
• the longitudinal or transverse external storage spaces can be obtained by acting in the same way on the opposite modules - FIGURE 7 (3, 4) open and (1, 2) closed, FIGURE 8 (2, 3) open and (1, 4) closed - to those used in the examples presented.
• the compartments or modules (1, 2, 3, 4) can be of different formats and volumes
• the outdoor spaces released by the closed modules will also be of different formats and volumes.
• attachment systems 70 to 85 FIGURE 8 used for holding accessories such as elastic ties or not (straps, tensioners, nets, ...) will be integrated in the copings (15, 25, 35, 45).

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