JPH071351Y2 - Truck bed gate - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION a. Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an improvement of a gate installed on a truck bed.

b. Prior Art FIGS. 6 and 7 show a conventional gate 20 of a truck carrier. The gate 20 is formed by bending a single panel member (gate panel) 21, and a gate upper 22 and a gate lower (not shown) having a rectangular cross section are formed on the upper and lower portions of the gate 20. Has been done. An upper member guard 24 having a U-shaped cross section is attached to the upper portion of the gate upper 22.

c. Problem to be Solved by the Invention However, in the conventional gate 20 as described above, since the cross-sectional shape of the gate upper 22 is a rectangle or a square, the upper member guard 24 is provided in the gate upper 22.
As shown in FIG. 7, the left and right side portions 24a and 24b of the upper member guard 24 respectively project from the gate upper 22 by a width L when they are crowned on the upper part of FIG. For this reason, when loading and unloading luggage, there is a risk that luggage or a worker may be caught on the side portions 24a and 24b of the upper member guard 24, and the upper member guard 24 may be separated from the gate upper 22.

The present invention has been made to solve such inconvenience, and an object thereof is to provide a gate of a truck bed configured to prevent catching of luggage or the like on the upper member guard. is there.

d. Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned inconvenience, in the present invention, in the gate of a truck carrier, which is formed by crowning an upper member guard having a U-shaped cross section on the upper part of the gate upper, The cross-sectional shape of the upper is tapered upward,
The upper member guard is arranged within the width of the lower side of the gate upper.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the truck 1 as seen from the side of the loading platform 2. Side gates 3 and 4 are provided on both left and right sides of the loading platform 2, and a rear gate 5 is provided at the rear portion. It is set up.

Each of the gates 3, 4, and 5 described above is formed by bending a single panel member (gate panel) 6 as shown in FIG. 2, and its upper and lower ends are rolls for reinforcement. It is molded. That is, the upper and lower end portions of the panel member 6 are bent and molded so as to have a rectangular closed cross section, and these upper and lower closed cross sectional shape portions are configured as the gate upper 7 and the gate lower 8.

The upper and lower end portions 9 and 10 of the panel member 6 extend from the gate upper 7 and the gate lower 8, respectively, and the upper end portion 9 is a hanging piece, while the lower end portion 10 is a standing piece. . Furthermore, these upper and lower ends 9,10
The front edge portions 9a, 10a of the panel member 6 are bent in a U-shape toward the body portion 6a of the panel member 6 to form the end portions 9,
It has been joined to 10. The above-mentioned tip edge portion 9
The a and 10a are housed and arranged in the concave portions 11 and 12 formed by bending the main body portion 6a of the panel member 6, and the upper and lower end portions 9 and 10 are joined to the main body portion 6a and welded by spot welding 13. ing. The gate lower 8 having a rectangular cross section on the lower side of each of the gates 3, 4 and 5 has a hinge mechanism 14 (see FIG. 1).
It is rotatably attached to the loading platform 2 via the and is configured to be locked (the locking mechanism is not shown) in the standing position.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the gate upper 7 is
The trapezoidal cross section is tapered upward, and the width y of the upper side 7b is shorter than the width x of the lower side 7a of the gate upper 7. An upper member guard 15 having a U-shaped cross section, which is made of a rubber extruded product or the like, is attached to the tapered upper portion of the gate upper 7 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. That is, as clearly shown in FIG. 5, the upper member guard 15 includes an upper surface wall 16 as a base portion and side wall walls 17 and 18 that are hung on the left and right sides of the upper surface wall 16 and have a sharp lower end. And its inner surface 15a has a shape corresponding to the upper shape of the gate upper 7. The upper part of the gate upper 7 is fitted and adhered to the inner surface 15a of the upper member guard 15, so that the gate upper guard 15 is attached to the tapered upper part of the gate upper 7 in a crowned state.

As shown in FIG. 5, the upper member guard 15 is arranged in a region within the width x of the lower side 7a of the gate upper 7, and the side wall of the upper member guard 15 is arranged.
The outer surfaces 17b, 18b of 17, 18 and both ends 7c of the lower side 7a are arranged on substantially the same surface.

According to the gates 3, 4, configured as described above, the upper member guard 15 does not fit within the area of the width x of the lower side 7a of the gate upper 7 and does not project outward from the gate upper 7, so that the load There is no risk that luggage will be caught by the upper member guard 15 when being unloaded and the upper member guard 15 will be separated from the gate upper 7. Moreover, the upper member guard 15 and the gate upper 7 as a whole have a well-balanced rectangular parallelepiped appearance without protrusions, which improves the appearance. Further, particularly in the case of a small truck, the entire width of the loading platform 2 is restricted, but since the upper member guard 15 is housed within the width x of the gate upper 7, it is possible to effectively utilize the loading platform space, which is advantageous. .

As mentioned above, although one embodiment of the present invention has been described, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and various modifications and changes can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention.

That is, the cross-sectional shape of the gate upper 7 does not necessarily have to be a trapezoidal shape as shown in FIG. 3, and may be any shape as long as the upper portion is tapered, for example, the upper portion is bowed. It may have a curved shape.

e. Effect of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the cross-sectional shape of the gate upper is tapered upward, and the upper member guard is attached within the width of the lower side of the gate upper. Since the upper member guard is stored within the width of the lower side of the gate upper and does not travel, it is effective to prevent the luggage from being caught on the upper member guard and the upper member guard being separated from the gate upper. Can be prevented. Moreover, since there is no protrusion from the gate upper, the appearance can be improved. Further, if the present invention is applied to a small truck or the like that is restricted in the width of the cargo bed, the space can be effectively used in the limited width of the cargo bed, which is particularly advantageous.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 5 show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a truck, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a panel member constituting a gate, and FIG. 3 is the panel. A sectional view of the upper part of the member, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which an upper member guard is attached to the gate upper, FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the same, and FIGS. 6 and 7 show a conventional gate. FIG. 6 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 4, and FIG.
It is sectional drawing similar to a figure. 1 ... truck, 2 ... loading platform, 3,4,5 ... gate, 6 ...
… Panel member (gate panel), 7… gate upper, 7a …… bottom side, 7b …… upper side, 15 …… upper member guard, 16 …… top wall, 17,18 …… side wall.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A gate of a truck carrier comprising an upper member guard having a U-shaped cross-section on the upper part of the gate upper, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the gate upper is tapered upward, and the lower side of the gate upper is A gate for a truck bed, wherein the upper member guard is arranged within the width.