JPH079921A - Method and support for supporting automobile articles - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] For automobile articles such as television receivers, which have a simple structure, can be easily attached and detached by anyone, are inexpensive, and are less likely to cause displacement of supported articles during acceleration / deceleration. Disclosed are a supporting method and a supporting tool. [Structure] On a top panel 22 of an automobile dashboard,
The base 1 for supporting the platform on the top is placed, the fixing band 9 is engaged with the base, and the one end 9a of the fixing band 9 is locked to the blowout port 21 of the defroster while the other end is held in the tensioned state. By fixing 9b in the glove box 26 that opens to the front panel of the dashboard, the base 1 is pressed and fixed on the top panel 22, and the desired article 70 is attached to the platform provided on the base. A method for supporting an article in a fixed automobile.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for mounting a television receiver, an amateur radio, a telephone, etc. in an automobile and a supporting tool used for the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for mounting an automobile article of this type in an automobile, a fixing bolt or the like for attaching and fixing the seat of the automobile to the vehicle body side has been used, as shown in FIG. A method is employed in which a flexible support rod 50 is erected on the floor surface inside a vehicle, and a head for attaching these articles to the top thereof and fixing them in a desired orientation is provided. (See, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-127045).

This platform has a recess 52 and a circumferential groove 54,
A ball pin having a spherical body 55 integrally provided on the lower end of the support pin 56 is placed on the recess, and the support pin is protruded from the upper end opening of the socket cap by a substantially cylindrical socket cap 58. Then, these support rods 50
The upper end of the sphere and the sphere 55 are covered, and the sphere is sandwiched between the recess 52 and the small diameter portion 59 formed by narrowing the diameter in the vicinity of the upper end opening of the socket cap, and the support pin 56 is provided with the television receiver. It is attached and held at a desired angle, and a tightening screw 60 provided on the socket cap 58 is tightened to press the inclined surface 53 of the circumferential groove 54, whereby the sphere 55 is firmly pinched and fixed.

However, according to this method, the position where the support rod 50 is erected is limited, and the flexible shaft used as the support rod is deformed by the inertial force during acceleration and deceleration of the automobile, and the position must be corrected each time. There are problems that need to be solved, such as the fact that it must be installed, the installation work is difficult because the installation bolts of the seat are used, and the manufacturing cost is high.

[0005]

It is an object of the present invention to have a simple structure, which can be easily attached and detached by anyone, is inexpensive, and is used for automobiles such as television receivers in which a supported article is less likely to be displaced during acceleration / deceleration. It is an object to disclose a method of supporting an article and a supporting tool.

[0006]

A first aspect of the present invention is to mount a base for supporting a platform on an upper panel of a dashboard of an automobile, and mount a fixing band on the base with an intermediate portion of the fixing band. Glove which is engaged or fixed at, and in a tension state of the fixing band, one end thereof is locked to the outlet of the defroster and the other end of the fixing band is opened at a proper position on the front panel of the dashboard or the front panel. By fixing in the box, the base is pressed and fixed on the upper panel, and a desired article is attached and fixed to the platform provided on the base. There is a support method.

A second aspect of the present invention is to bring a base supporting a pan into contact with an outer surface of a door of a glove box of an automobile,
A fixing band is attached to the base at an intermediate portion thereof, one end of the fixing band is hooked on the first side edge of the door, and the other end of the fixing band faces the first side edge.
It is characterized in that the base is fixed to the side surface of the door by being hung on the side edge, and a desired article such as a television receiver is fixedly attached to the platform provided on the base. It is a method of supporting articles in an automobile.

A third aspect of the present invention is characterized by comprising a platform, a base supporting the platform, and a fixing band penetrating a belt insertion portion provided on the platform. It is in a support for automobile articles. Further, in the support defined in the above third aspect, a locking portion to the blowout port of the defroster is provided at one end of the fixing band, and the front surface of the dashboard is provided at the other end of the fixing band. The present invention also includes a support for an automobile article in which a locking portion in the panel or the glove box is formed or is configured to be formed, respectively. Hereinafter, detailed description will be given based on examples.

[0009]

First Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a state in which the support according to the first embodiment of the present invention is attached to an automobile. In the figure, a base 1 has legs 2 and 2 formed by folding both sides of a metal flat plate in a U shape, and each of the legs 2 and 2 has a belt insertion formed of a slit elongated in the lateral direction. Part 3,
3 is drilled. A part of the upper surface 1a of the base 1 is press-cut in the vicinity of the central portion and is bent upward in an inverted L shape to form a platform support portion 4.

The platform support 4 is provided with a platform. The ball pin 5 integrally formed with a ball 5a at the upper end is erected by screwing the base portion thereof, and the portion where the lower end of the support pin 7 abuts the ball 5a is a socket cap. 6 is encapsulated. An article holding table 8 is fixedly provided on the upper portion of the support pin 7, and a peripheral groove 7b is formed on the outer periphery of the lower portion covered with the socket cap 6.
However, the lower end surface of the support pin is formed with a concave portion 7a forming a contact surface with the ball 5a, and the tip penetrates the socket cap 6 and abuts on the inclined surface of the circumferential groove 7b. When the fixing screw 6a is tightened, the support pin 7 is pressed against the ball 5a to fix them.

The structure of the tripod head is, as an example of the prior art, only the arrangement of members reversed from that shown in FIG.
Are substantially the same. Therefore, it is obvious that the support pin 7 may be fixed to the platform support portion 4 and the article holding base 8 may be fixed to the ball pin 5. Reference numeral 20 is a windshield, and 21 is an outlet of a defroster for blowing hot air onto the windshield.

A fixing band 9 made of a thin metal plate is inserted into the belt insertion portions 3 and 3 of the base 1 which supports the platform on such an upper portion. Reference numeral 10 denotes a cap screw that is screwed into a screw hole that penetrates from the upper surface to the lower surface of the base 1, and a pressing piece 11 having a substantially U-shaped cross section is rotatably held at the lower end of the pressing screw. The pressing piece 11 is provided at a position for pressing the fixing belt by screwing.

[0013]

In the method of mounting the article support of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure in the automobile, first, one end 9a of the fixing band is hooked to the blowout port of the defroster, or the cross section has a V shape. After bending, the caliber is inserted with the diameter slightly reduced, and then the base 1 is slid with respect to the fixing band to determine a desired position on the upper surface 22 of the dashboard, and the pressing piece 11 is fixed to the fixing band 9. Abut.
The other end 9b of the fixing band is the door 2 of the glove box 25.
6 is opened and guided to the ceiling 27 of the glove box, and is locked in a tensioned state to the locking piece 30 that is adhesively fixed to the ceiling surface with the double-sided adhesive tape 35 in advance.

As shown in FIG. 4, the locking piece 30 is composed of a rectangular plate having a double-sided adhesive tape 35 on the lower surface and a hooking piece 37 standing on the upper surface. The hooking piece 37 has a long hole 36 through which the fixing band 9 can be inserted. Therefore, if the other end 9b of the fixing band is inserted into the elongated hole 36 of the locking piece and is folded back while keeping the fixing band tensioned, the other end 9b of the fixing band is fixed to the ceiling surface of the glove box. In order to prevent the base 1 and the fixed band 9 from being displaced, the cap screw 10 may be tightened and the band 9 may be pressed and fixed to the dashboard upper surface 22. The article 70 is fixed to the platform by screwing a mounting screw 8a onto a female screw portion (not shown) provided on the article side as in the conventional case.

[0015]

Second Embodiment FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. However, the same members as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. In the support according to the second embodiment, a base 41 made of a plastic molded product is provided with an insertion hole (not shown) penetrating the base, and a fixing belt 49 made of a thin metal plate is provided on the base 41. Has been inserted. One end of a ball pin 45 is fixed to the platform holder 44 integrally projecting on the base.
The socket cap 46 that encloses the ball pin 45 and the support pin 47 and the article holding base 48 form a pan head.

One end 49a of the fixing belt 49 is hooked by being bent toward the back side of the door along the upper edge 26a as the first side edge of the door of the glove box 25. The other end 49b is also hooked by being folded back to the back surface side of the door 26 along a lower end edge 26b as a side edge facing the first side edge. Thus, the base 41 is firmly pressed and fixed to the front side of the door by the fixing belt 49.

In the present invention, the base may have any shape as long as it can maintain a stable posture on the upper surface of the dashboard. For engagement between the fixing band and the base, it is not always necessary to provide an insertion hole on the base side, and for example, a groove having a predetermined width provided on the upper surface of the base may be used. Any structure may be used as long as a force for pressing the dashboard is generated and the band does not deviate from the base. Further, as a method of fixing the fixing band to the defroster outlet, various methods are used, such as forming one end of the fixing band into a hook shape and hanging the hook on the grill of the defroster vent.

Similarly, the other side of the fixing band is hung on the grill of the air conditioner on the front of the dashboard, or as in the first embodiment, the glove box 25.
In the case of pulling in, the fixing band has already passed through the bent portion without using a locking piece, so it is sufficient to bond the end of the band directly to the inner surface of the glove box with double-sided adhesive tape, The article can be stably held. Furthermore, FIG.
As shown by the alternate long and short dash line L, even if the belt 9 is folded back to the ceiling side at the entrance of the glove box, it is sufficiently fixed. The material of the fixing band is not limited to the metal plate, and may be a cloth belt, a plastic band such as hard or soft vinyl chloride, a rubber band, or the like, or a combination thereof.

[0019]

[Effects] According to the article support of the present application and the article supporting method using the article support, it is extremely easy to attach the support to an automobile, and even a person who is not good at the installation work can easily attach the support. In addition, because the configuration is simpler than conventional products,
There is an advantage that it can be provided at low cost. Further, unlike the conventional case, since it is not necessary to stand up the floor using a flexible shaft to support the article, the posture of the article does not change even during acceleration / deceleration, and therefore, troublesome and frequent adjustment work is required. Therefore, it has the effect of releasing the driver and contributing to safe driving.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional explanatory view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main part of a support according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a structure of a locking piece 30.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 41 Base 4, 44 Platform support 5, 45 Ball pin 6, 46 Socket cap 7, 47 Support pin 8, 48 Article support 9, 49 Fixed band 20 Car windshield 21 Defroster outlet 22 Dash Top of the board 25 Glove box

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A top panel of an automobile dashboard,
A base for supporting the platform on the top is placed, and a fixing band is engaged or fixed to the base at an intermediate portion of the fixing band, and when the fixing band is in a tensioned state, one end thereof is used as an outlet of the defroster. By locking and fixing the other end of the fixing band at a proper position on the front panel of the dashboard or in a glove box opening to the front panel, the base is pressed and fixed onto the upper panel, A method of supporting an article in an automobile, comprising mounting and fixing a desired article on the platform provided on a table. 2. A base for supporting a platform is brought into contact with an outer surface of a door of a glove box of an automobile, and a fixing band is engaged with or fixed to the base at an intermediate portion thereof, and one end of the fixing band is aforesaid. The base is fixed to the side surface of the door by being hooked on the first side edge of the door and the other end of the fixing band being hooked on the second side edge facing the first side edge. A method for supporting an article in an automobile, comprising mounting and fixing a desired article on the platform provided. 3. The supporting method according to claim 1, wherein the fixing band engages with the base by being inserted into a slit provided in the base. 4. A support for automobile articles, comprising: a platform, a base for supporting the platform, and a fixing band penetrating a belt insertion portion provided on the platform. . 5. The fixing band has a locking portion at one end of the defroster for the outlet of the defroster, and the other end of the fixing band has a locking portion for a front panel of a dashboard or a glove box. The support for an automobile article according to claim 4, which is formed respectively. 6. The defroster outlet locking portion is a hook to be hooked to a grill provided at the defroster outlet, and the locking portion inside the glove box is at the end of the fixing band. The support device according to claim 5, which is an adhesive surface which is provided and can be adhesively fixed to a top portion or a wall surface in the glove box.