JPS6257548B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a trunk device for small vehicles such as motorcycles and tricycles.

The present applicant previously provided an automatic tricycle equipped with a motor and having one front wheel and two rear wheels. It is preferable to provide a reasonably large space for storing things in a tricycle, which is such a small vehicle, but since the vehicle is small, it is difficult to do so. protrudes above the vehicle, which is unfavorable in terms of appearance and space utilization.

In view of the above-mentioned disadvantages in small vehicles, the present invention
This was created to overcome this problem, and its purpose was to provide a front box on the leg shield provided in the steering support part that constitutes the front part of the vehicle body, and to place a front box behind the front box. By providing another rear box to separate these two boxes and arranging the boxes at the front and rear of the steering support section, it is advantageous in terms of appearance, and the space before and after the steering support section can be used effectively. We are here to provide you with the best small vehicle trunk equipment.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although FIGS. 1 to 3 are side, top, and front views of a three-wheeled motor vehicle, the present invention can also be applied to a two-wheeled motor vehicle and a motorized four-wheeled vehicle.

The tricycle 1 relatively swings up and down (swing motion) between the front body 2 and the rear body 3 by a joint 4.
A leg shield 11, which will be described later, is installed at the forefront of the front body 2.
are provided in front and on the sides of a steering support section that supports a steering section consisting of a single front wheel 5 and a handle 6, which constitute a steering wheel. A seat post 8 with a seat 7 placed on top is installed at the rear of the front body 2,
The middle part between the front part and the rear part forms a low floor type floor 9, and the rear body 3 has two rear wheels 1 which serve as driving wheels.
0 and 10 are provided.

The leg shield 11 is formed to be slightly wider than the width of the passenger's body, has a front face 11a that is inclined toward the rear, and has a front fender 12 integrally formed from its lower part to side faces 11b, and a rear part 11c that extends from the floor. Consecutive 9.
In addition, in the upper part of the front surface 11a, a housing section 13 for a headlight and a turn signal light, which opens forward, is provided in the width direction.

A front box 14 is formed in a large convex manner from the front surface 11a of the leg shield 11 to the side surfaces 11b, 11b, and opens forward from below the storage section 13 to the front fender 12. A bracket 15 is fixed to the widthwise center of the rear wall 14a of the front box 14, and the bracket 15 is tied to the head pipe 2b fixed to the front end of the frame 2a of the front vehicle body 2. Leg shield 11 on a certain head pipe 2b
is bound and supported.

A lid member 16 is provided at the opening edge 14b of the front box 14 to cover the opening edge 14b and close the box 14 during normal times.
is pivotally supported on the front fender 12 by hinges 17, 17 at the lower end of the front surface 16a. The lid member 16, which can now be opened and closed, includes side surfaces 16b, 16b bent at both left and right ends so as to correspond to the opening edge 14b of the front box 14, and a projecting piece 18 formed on the periphery of the inner surface 16c. Seal rubbers 19 are provided above and on the left and right sides of the projecting piece 18 to seal the opening edge 14b of the box 14 in a closed state.

The above is as shown in FIGS. 4 to 8. Reference numeral 20 in the drawing denotes a rubber covering the outer surface of the hinge 17, so that bumpers 20, 20 are provided on the left and right sides of the front part of the fender 12. In addition, in the embodiment, the front box 14 is replaced by the leg shield 1.
Box 1 is shown as being integrally molded with Box 1 to increase the strength of the leg shield 11;
4 may be provided.

By the way, a rear box 21 is provided behind the front box 14 so as to surround the head tube 2b, which is a steering support section, from the rear. That is, the boxes 14 and 21 are separately provided before and after the steering support section 2b.

The rear box 21 is formed integrally with the leg shield 11 so as to be adjacent to the rear wall 14a of the front box 14, and is open to the rear side, which is the passenger side. The back wall 21a of the rear box 21 is located on the back side of the back wall 14a of the front box 14, and forms a concave portion 21b rearward at the center in the width direction to surround the head tube 2b.

The rear box 21 is wide and extends up to the upper part of the rear surface 11c of the leg shield 11, and is surrounded by four peripheral walls 21c that continuously stand up from the back wall 21a toward the passenger side, and the opening edge 21d is provided with a hinge or the like at the lower end. A lid member 23 is provided which is pivotally mounted 22 so as to be openable and closable. This lid member 2
3 has a rectangular shape and as a whole protrudes toward the passenger side as shown in the figure.

Furthermore, the opening edge 2 of the four peripheral walls 21c of the rear box 21
An outer wall portion 24 is formed continuously from 1d and bent forward on the upper and left sides, and the outer wall portion 24 is joined to the side surface 11b of the leg shield 11 and surrounds the frame 2a formed continuously from below the opening edge 21d. The upper surface 9 of the floor 9 is integrally formed with the raised portion 25.
It is continuous with a. Further, the side surface 11b of the leg shield 11 is continuous with the side surface 9b of the floor 9 via the front fender 12.

In this way, the front and rear boxes around the steering support portion 2b can be effectively utilized to provide independently partitioned front box 14 and rear box 21.

Further, the front box 14 is provided in front of the steering support section 2b, and the rear box 21 is provided from the side to the rear of this 2b, but since the front box 14 is provided above the fender 12 and the rear box 21 is provided further above. The low floor type floor 9 can be set long from front to back without increasing the width of the front part.

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention,
Boxes can be partitioned and provided independently at the front and rear of the steering support section (head tube), and two compartments can be provided at the front and rear as so-called trunk rooms. Moreover, since they can be provided integrally with the leg shield, the leg shield is It is possible to effectively use the front and rear of the steering support part independently as a trunk room, while ensuring the advantage in appearance, contributing to effective utilization, increased strength, and improvement of the utility of this type of small vehicle. It has many advantages such as being highly practical.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a side view of a small vehicle, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 3 is a front view of the same, and FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of a leg shield. 5 is a rear perspective view of the same, FIG. 6 is an explanatory longitudinal side view of the trunk device according to the present invention, FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line 7-7 in FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 is a front view of the leg shield. . In the drawings, 1 is a small vehicle, 2b is a steering support part, and 5 is a small vehicle.
11 is a steering wheel, 11 is a leg shield, 14 is a front box, and 21 is a rear box.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In small vehicles such as motorcycles and tricycles that are equipped with leg shields in front and on the sides of the steering support part that supports the steering part of the front steering wheel, a front box is attached to the leg shield and separated from the front box. A trunk device for a small vehicle, characterized in that a rear box is formed behind the steering support portion, and the boxes are provided before and after the steering support portion.