CN1493479A - Packing case bottom board lining fixing deivce of vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

A fastener assembly for securing a bed liner having a plurality of liner holes to a pickup truck cargo bed having a bed rail includes a retaining plate that engages a lip that depends from a downward-depending portion of the bed rail. The fastener assembly further includes a base member that engages the retaining plate through its associated bed liner hole such that the base member and the retaining plate engage the bed liner and cargo bed in a clamping arrangement, securing the bed liner to the cargo bed. Finally, the fastener assembly includes a foldable tie-down member that may be used to secure cargo within the cargo bed after the bed liner is installed.

Description

The packing case bottom board lining fixing deivce of vehicle

The present invention is to be that September 3, application number in 2002 are the part continuation application of 10/233758 U.S. Patent application to the applying date.

Background technology

The present invention relates to a kind of on the loading box plate of vehicle such as small-sized cargo truck the fixing device of cargo floor liner.

Various patents have been authorized in truck cargo floor liner field.For example, US5267820 (be called for short ' 820 patents) (the application by reference in conjunction with its disclosure) discloses a kind of fastening assembly that is used for the cargo floor liner is fixed on small-sized cargo truck.The transparent view of disclosed fastener in ' 820 patents has been shown among Fig. 4 .1.Fastening assembly comprises panel and supports the flute profile wall that can move clamping element along straight line.Clamping element can rotate in groove, so that make clamp arm swing upwards into common upright position, clamp arm is in line with the following stretch flange formability of truck cargo floor side wall upper part in this position and aims at.Screw passes in the tapped bore that groove extends to clamping element.Can make screw threads then drive the clamp arm rotation and make it carry out straight line and move along groove, make surface 30 be with track flanges in the clamp arrangements of side engagement.Fastening assembly is a single structure independently, after liner is placed on position suitable in the truck cargo floor, can this fastening assembly be installed in the cargo floor liner sidewall by circular open.

The goods fastening bolt that provides as existing equipment is provided small-sized cargo truck usually is device.But disclosed device does not comprise that the bolt that is used for fastening goods is a device in ' 820 patents.In addition, after according to ' 820 patents fastening assembly and cargo floor liner being installed, it is device that the cargo floor liner has covered the existing equipment bolt.Therefore, be device for one or more bolts that provide are provided, must in the cargo floor liner, cut and portal, these holes should be device greater than bolt.Water, sand, stone or other fragment can be deposited in the hole and damage small-sized cargo truck cargo floor.For example, the hole can move the water to flow in the space between cargo floor liner and the cargo floor, has corroded cargo floor.

It is member that US6203090 (' 090 patent) (the application by with reference to and thus in conjunction with its disclosure) provides bolt, but has some other problem.' 090 patent disclosure be used for the cargo floor liner is fastened on holding device on the small-sized cargo truck cargo floor, having a plurality of factory-installed bolts is member.The bolt of dismantling is a member, exposes the hole of having bored when dispatching from the factory, screw element is housed.The holding device of ' 090 patent comprises grip block, and grip block has a plurality of holes, hole-drilled hole during dispatching from the factory in the corresponding cargo floors in these holes.At first, grip block is installed in the cargo floor hole.Then the cargo floor liner is placed in the small-sized cargo truck cargo floor.The cargo floor liner has a plurality of holes, the additional holes in the corresponding grip block in these holes, and the cargo floor liner is installed on the additional holes of grip block by its hole.Bolt is that member is connected in the cargo floor liner, is in line with respective aperture in the forward and backward grip block and aims at.Bolt is that member comprises the base component with a plurality of holes and the ring of folding down, the arrangement that is in line of the respective aperture on these holes and the cargo floor liner, and the ring of following folding is connected in base component and has the bolt that runs through wherein in the mode that pivots is the hole.The major defect of this project organization is that it can only be used for some truck cargo floor design.If small-sized cargo truck cargo floor does not have the hole in the position of corresponding cargo floor liner mesopore roughly, then grip block can not be used for the cargo floor liner is fixed in small-sized cargo truck cargo floor.Otherwise, for the device that uses ' 090 patent is fixed in small-sized cargo truck cargo floor with the cargo floor liner, will in the truck cargo floor, get out new hole, this is worthless, because bore new hole is that a kind of invasive is installed, and can damage the truck cargo floor.Therefore limited may using of ' 090 Patent equipment.

Therefore, need provide a kind of the cargo floor liner is fixed in holding device or fastening assembly on various small-sized cargo truck cargo floor, and not require and in the truck cargo floor, be provided with the hole of when dispatching from the factory, having bored or by customer's drilling bore hole.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the invention provides and a kind of the cargo floor liner is fixed in the fastening assembly that small-sized cargo truck is uploaded cargo floor, and need in cargo floor, not hole or change cargo floor itself.The present invention also comprises a kind of device, and this device is used for after installing liner goods being fixed in the loading box plate.The present invention includes three major parts: grip block, base component and bolt are member.Grip block has groove, and this groove engages by the terminal flange that extends of loading box plate (or cargo floor guide rail) inwall.Folding bolt is the member engages base component, and base component engages grip block.Screw inserts in the hole on the base component and engages tapped bore in the grip block.This structure is clamped in cargo floor liner and loading box plate between grip block and the base component, so that the cargo floor liner is fixed on the loading box plate.Bolt is that member does not need to be any given shape, and it only need be applicable to that fastening rope or other can be used in the device that bolt is a goods in the cargo floor.In use, bolt is that member upwards rotates 90 degree towards base component, and making the user can use bolt is that member is fastened on goods on the loading box plate or in it.When not in use, bolt be under the member folding and so that it is kept flat against base component.

Can predict the present invention will be mainly used in plastics cargo floor liner will be anchored on the loading box plate of small-sized cargo truck.But the present invention can be used for liner is fixed in the cargo area of any vehicle, or does not belong to the cargo area of vehicle component part.

Brief Description Of Drawings

To understand foregoing invention content and following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings better to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.In order to illustrate the present invention, current preferred embodiment has been shown in the accompanying drawing.But should be appreciated that accurate configuration and the device shown in the invention is not restricted to.Wherein:

Fig. 1 is the back cutaway view along the truck cargo floor of Figure 17 .1 center line 1-1, and this truck cargo floor has the cargo floor liner that adopts preferred embodiment of the present invention fastening assembly to install;

Fig. 2 is the amplification view of middle-size and small-size cargo truck cargo floor of Fig. 1 and bonded assembly cargo floor liner;

Fig. 3 shows another cutaway view fastening assembly lateral plan, that be similar to truck cargo floor and cargo floor liner among Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 .1 is the transparent view of prior art fastening assembly;

Fig. 4 .2 is the transparent view that according to the present invention fastening assembly among Fig. 1 is installed on the grip block;

Fig. 5 .1 is the transparent view of Fig. 4 .2 grip block;

Fig. 5 .2 is the lateral plan of grip block among Fig. 4 .2;

Fig. 6 is the preceding decomposition diagram of fastening assembly among Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is the back decomposition diagram of fastening assembly among Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 .1 is the lateral plan of fastening assembly, and bolt is that member is in the insertion position;

Fig. 8 .1A is the cutaway view of fastening assembly among Fig. 8 .1, and wherein bolt is that member is in the insertion position;

Fig. 8 .2 is the lateral plan of fastening assembly among Fig. 8 .1, and wherein bolt is that member is in position of rotation;

Fig. 8 .2A is the cutaway view of fastening assembly among Fig. 8 .1, and wherein bolt is that member is in position of rotation;

Fig. 8 .3 is the lateral plan of fastener among Fig. 8 .1, and wherein bolt is that member is in deposit position;

Fig. 8 .3A is the cutaway view of fastener among Fig. 8 .1, and wherein tie down assembly is in deposit position;

Fig. 9 is that bolt is the part amplification view of member among Fig. 8 .1, and is used to receive the mount pad that bolt is a member;

Figure 10 .1 is the cutaway view that is similar to Fig. 9, and wherein bolt is that member is positioned at mount pad;

Figure 10 .2 is that mount pad and the bolt that is positioned at mount pad are the lateral plan of member;

Figure 11 .1 is the front perspective view of preferred embodiment of the present invention fastening assembly;

Figure 11 .2 is the rear view of fastening assembly among Figure 11 .1;

Figure 12 .1 is the back perspective cut-away schematic view of fastening assembly among Figure 11 .1;

Figure 12 .2 is the amplification rear view that fastening assembly is broken away part among Figure 12 .1;

Figure 13 .1 is the rear view of small-sized cargo truck cargo floor, has the cargo floor liner is being anchored on the cargo floor liner of installing before the truck cargo floor;

Figure 13 .2 is the part magnification fluoroscopy cutaway view of truck cargo floor and liner among Figure 13 .1, shows the mark stroke that the present invention installs the method for liner;

Figure 14 .1 is the rear view of small-sized cargo truck, has removed the cargo floor liner and has shown adjustment notch;

Figure 14 .2 is the part magnification fluoroscopy cutaway view of truck cargo floor among Figure 14 .1, shows the initial installation of grip block of the present invention;

Figure 15 is the magnification fluoroscopy cutaway view that is similar to Figure 14 .2, and the grip block that shows another embodiment of the present invention is initially installed;

Figure 16 is that truck cargo floor and the part that liner is installed are amplified the exploded perspective cutaway view, and fastening assembly is in line and aims at so that install;

Figure 17 .1 is the rear view of small-sized cargo truck cargo floor, adopts fastening assembly of the present invention that the cargo floor liner is installed;

Figure 17 .2 is the part magnification fluoroscopy cutaway view of truck cargo floor, liner and fastening assembly among Figure 17 .1;

Figure 18 is the part magnification fluoroscopy cutaway view of truck cargo floor, liner and fastening assembly; The bolt of fastening assembly is the use location that member is in rotation.

Detailed description of the invention

Figure 17 .1 shows the preferred embodiment of the present invention transparent view that cargo floor liner 28 is anchored on small-sized cargo truck loading box plate.Shown in Figure 17 .1, a plurality of fastening assemblies 100 are anchored on cargo floor liner 28 on the loading box plate guide rail 29.The front and back transparent view of fastening assembly 100 has been shown among Figure 11 .1 and 11.2.Figure 17 .2 is the enlarged perspective of a fastening assembly 100, and bolt is that member 4 is in the extended position.Fig. 1 is the sectional elevation of small-sized cargo truck loading box plate, shows the fastening assembly 100 that cargo floor liner 28 is anchored on loading box plate guide rail 29.As shown in Figure 2, fastening assembly 100 comprises grip block 1 and base component 2.Fig. 4 .2 is the transparent view of base component 2 and grip block 1.

See Fig. 5 .1 and 5.2 for details, grip block 1 comprises groove 8.The medial surface 9 of groove 8 and 10 engages the flange 27 of loading box plate guide rail, shown in Fig. 2 and 3.In installation, setter uses adhesives 5 temporarily grip block 1 to be installed on loading box plate guide rail 29 medial surfaces.Fig. 4 .2 shows the surface 31 and 32 of grip block 1, engages (in the face of the loading box plate) outside face of the inside face of cargo floor guide rail 29 and cargo floor liner respectively.Hole 6 in the grip block 1 engages the locating dowel pin 15 of fastening assembly 100, tapped bore 7 joint screws 25 in the while grip block 1, as shown in Figure 2.Locating dowel pin 15 keeps base component 2 correctly to aim at grip block 1, and screw 25 is fastened on base component 2 and grip block 1 on the flange 27 of loading box plate guide rail 29 and cargo floor liner 28 by pressure or gripping power are provided simultaneously.Locating dowel pin 15 and screw 25 are assemblied on the cargo floor liner 28 by hole 26.

Fig. 6 and 7 is that base component 2, bolt are member 4 and the decomposition diagram that pad 3 is installed.Pad 3 is preferably made by rubber or some other elastomeric materials, its main purpose is between cargo floor liner 28 and base component 2 contact surface or cushion to be set, make when the tapped bore 7 that screw 25 engages in the grip block 1, can not damage cargo floor liner 28 by screw 25 applied pressures.The hole 6 and 7 that hole 20 in the pad 3 engages in the grip block 1 screw 25 and locating dowel pin 15.By corresponding hole 16 in the projection 19 engaged with base members 2 of pad 3 extensions, so that pad 3 is aimed at base component 2.When bolt is a member 4 when being in down the folding position, shown in Fig. 4 .2, projection 18 Joining device for pipe that extended by pad 3 are the mount pad 24 in the member 4.When bolt is that it is the vibration of member 4 that projection 18 suppresses bolts when rolling over the position under member 4 is in.As described below at last, the mount pad 14 interior also Joining device for pipe that the U-shaped spare 17 of pad 3 is assemblied in the base component 2 are the axle head 21 of member 4.

With reference to Fig. 7-9, there is shown bolt and be the joint between member 4, pad 3 and the base component 2.Bolt is that member 4 connects base component 2 by two axles, and each axle has three parts.Inner 23 is rounded usually, but have along the top, the cutting part of bottom, and top and bottom are made of the first edge 23a and the second edge 23b, and axial region 23 is installed in the mount pad 12 of base component 2 by opening 13 in making.Shown in Fig. 9 and 10.1, longer than size a along the first edge 23a along the size b of the second edge 23b of interior axial region 23 bottoms.Mount pad 12 has similar shapes, on top the opening of measuring between edge 30a and the lower edge 30b 13 is of a size of d, size d is slightly greater than the height c between the first and second edge 23a, the 23b, shown in Fig. 8 .1 to 8.3A and Figure 10 .1,10.2, and it is as described below, the shape of interior axial region 23 and mount pad 12 allow the user by base component 2 the outside or bolt is installed is member 4 in loading box plate side, shown in Fig. 8 .1.How Figure 10 .2 makes shaft centre line 33 be in line with mount pad line of centers 34 in installation to aim at if showing.Shown in Fig. 8 .2, when bolt is member 4 Rotate 180 degree and when turning to its use location after installation, axial region 23 in can not from mount pad 12, extracting.At last, the bolt shown in Fig. 8 .3 and the 8.3A is that member 4 is in stowed position, and it remains on this position when not using bolt to be member 4.

Bolt is the mount pad 14 in the ring portion 22 engaged with base members 2 on the member 4, as shown in Figure 7.Ring portion 22 is resisted against mount pad 14 sides, so that bear any from the horizontal load of base component 2.From base component 2 horizontal load is the load that is parallel to loading box plate front and back axis.

At last, axle head 21 is rounded and engage U-shaped projection 17 on the rubber sheet gasket 3.Axle head 21 helps to prevent to extract rubber sheet gasket 3 from base component.It is the part sectional view that member 4, base component 2 and rubber sheet gasket 3 are in assembled state that Figure 12 .1 and 12.2 shows bolt.

The present invention is installed on the loading box plate so that keep loading box plate liner as follows: at first, loading box plate liner 28 is placed in the loading box plate 29, shown in Figure 13 .1 and 13.2.Shown in Figure 13 .2, bottom 40 crossovers of vertical component effect in the top of cargo floor liner 28 mesopores 26 and the loading box plate guide rail 29.Can see the bottom 40 of loading box plate guide rail 29 by cargo floor spacer holes 26, setter is done little vertical marker 35 downwards by circle 26 top center on bottom 40.Then, setter unloads cargo floor liner 28.Setter adopts adhesive tape or adhesives 5 that grip block 1 is placed on the inside face of loading box plate 29 then, makes groove 8 faying flanges 27, and the centrally aligned in vertical marker 35 and hole 6, shown in Figure 14 .1 and 14.2.Figure 15 shows the another kind of mode that grip block 1 is connected in loading box plate guide rail 29, and this mode does not adopt adhesive tape or adhesives 5.Particularly, clip 36 engages with the outside face 39 of loading box plate guide rail 29 in the mode of frictional engagement, grip block 1 is leaned against on the inside face 38 fix, and simultaneously cargo floor liner 28 and base component 2 is placed the appropriate location and fixes.

Then, cargo floor liner 28 is placed in the loading box plate 29.

In case make grip block 1 in place and make cargo floor liner 28, then be that member 4 and pad 3 are installed on the base component 2, shown in Fig. 6 to 8.3A with bolt again as in the loading box plate 29.By U-shaped projection 17 being inserted in the mount pad 14 pad 3 is installed on the base component 2, simultaneously projection 19 is installed in the mount pad 16.Then, make bolt be the axle of member 4 by the cargo floor liner one of base component 2 mount pad 12 that breaks away, then bolt is 270 ° of member 4 rotations, shown in Fig. 8 .1-8.3A.Then when base component 2 was installed on the loading box plate guide rail 29, rubber sheet gasket 3 was connected in base component 2, and bolt is that member 4 is in its extended position.In case with pad 3 and bolt is member 4 when fitting together with base component 2, whole fastening assembly 100 is in conjunction with grip block 1, as shown in figure 16.Locating dowel pin 15 passes the hole 26 in the cargo floor liner 28 and engages hole 6 in the grip block 1.Similarly, screw 25 passes hole 11 in the base component 2, the hole 26 in the cargo floor liner 28 and in conjunction with the tapped bore in the grip block 17.Adopt allen wrench 37 that screw 25 is tightened,, thus cargo floor liner 28 is fixed on the appropriate location in the loading box plate 29 up to base component 2 firmly is connected on the grip block 1.

When needs use bolt is member 4 and when being fixed on goods in the loading box plate, bolt is that member 4 rotates up 90 °, as shown in figure 18.When not in use, bolt is that member 4 remains on its extended position, shown in Figure 17 .1 and 17.2.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that and to make improvements the foregoing description and do not deviate from the technical scheme of its invention.Therefore to understand to the invention is not restricted to disclosed special embodiment, but cover the modification in the spirit and scope of the invention that limits by accessory claim.

Claims (23)

1, a kind of the cargo floor liner is remained on fastening assembly in the loading box plate, described loading box plate has the cargo floor guide rail, and described cargo floor liner has at least one hole, and described fastening assembly comprises:

Grip block engages described cargo floor guide rail;

Base component engages described grip block by described cargo floor spacer holes, thereby described cargo floor liner is fixed in described loading box plate; And

Bolt is a member, engages described base component.

2, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base component also comprises thread connector, described thread connector engages respective screw hole in the described grip block to produce gripping power.

3, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base component also comprises locating dowel pin, described locating dowel pin engages the corresponding knock hole in the described grip block.

4, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bolt are the described base component of member rotary connection.

5, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein said base component comprises at least one mount pad and opening; And

Described bolt is that member comprises connecting portion, and described connecting portion comprises at least one inside, ring portion and axle head, and described connecting portion cooperates with at least one described mount pad and described opening, is that member is connected with described base component so that make described bolt.

6, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein said inside has rounded cross-sectional plane usually, described cross-sectional plane comprises first edge and second edge relative with first edge, described first and second edges are parallel usually, the size at described first edge is shorter than the size at second edge, described opening comprises upper limb and lower edge, and described upper limb is parallel usually with lower edge.

7, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein when described first and second edges and described upper and lower edge along planar alignment and described first edge during near described upper limb, described connecting portion can insert described opening and can unload from described opening, when described first and second edges and described upper and lower edge along planar alignment and described first edge during near described lower edge, stop that described connecting portion inserts described opening and unloads from described opening.

8, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said grip block has the groove structure, the outer flange that leans on the described cargo floor guide rail of described groove structural engagement.

9, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 1 also comprises adhesives, and described adhesives temporarily is fixed in described cargo floor guide rail surface with described grip block.

10, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 1 also comprises flexible clip, and described flexible clip is fixed in described cargo floor guide rail with described grip block.

11, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 1 also is included in the cushion between base unit and the described cargo floor liner.

12, a kind of the cargo floor liner is fixed in the method for the loading box plate with cargo floor guide rail, comprises:

In described cargo floor liner, a plurality of holes are set;

In described loading box plate, place described cargo floor liner;

Each described cargo floor spacer holes and described cargo floor guide rail position overlapped place make marks on described loading box plate;

Remove described cargo floor liner;

For each hole provides at least one grip block;

Make the described markers align on each grip block and the described loading box plate;

Each grip block is connected with the surface of described cargo floor guide rail;

Again in described loading box plate, place described cargo floor liner;

For each grip block provides fastening assembly; And

By described corresponding cargo floor spacer holes described fastening assembly is fixed in each grip block.

13, method as claimed in claim 12, also be included in a screw element is set on the described base component, described screw element engages respective screw hole in the described grip block by the described hole in the described cargo floor liner, so that produce gripping power on loading box plate between described grip block and the described base component and cargo floor liner.

14, method as claimed in claim 12 also is included on the described base component locating dowel pin is set, and described locating dowel pin engages respective aperture in the described grip block by the described hole in the described cargo floor liner.

15, method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said bolt are that the member rotation engages described base component, make that described bolt is that member can fold and lean against on the described base component when not using.

16, method as claimed in claim 12 also comprises and adopts adhesives that described grip block is connected on the described cargo floor guide rail surface.

17, method as claimed in claim 12 also comprises and adopts flexible clip that described grip block is connected in described cargo floor guide rail surface.

18, method as claimed in claim 12 also is included between described base component and the described cargo floor liner and inserts elastomeric pad.

19, a kind of fastening assembly that is used for the cargo floor liner is remained on the loading box plate, described loading box plate has the cargo floor guide rail, and described cargo floor liner has at least one hole, and described fastening assembly comprises:

Grip block engages the flange on the described cargo floor guide rail;

Base unit engages described grip block by the described hole in the described cargo floor liner, so that produce gripping power on described cargo floor liner and cargo floor guide rail;

The bolt of the described base unit of rotary connection is a member, and described bolt is that member can move between use location and non-use position.

20, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 19 also is included in the screw element on the described base component, and screw element engages the respective screw hole in the described grip block.

21, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 19 also is included in the cushion between described base component and the described cargo floor liner.

22, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 21 also comprises at least one flexible element, and it is that member is that member is in non-use position so that keep described bolt that described flexible element engages described bolt.

23, fastening assembly as claimed in claim 19 also comprises locating dowel pin, and described locating dowel pin engages the corresponding knock hole in the described grip block.

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