Patent ID: 9604577
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A foldable holding device that is provided in a floorboard of a luggage compartment, the foldable holding device comprising: a housing recess that is provided in the floorboard; a raisable top panel that fits into the housing recess while the raisable top panel is housed in the housing recess, the raisable top panel having an upper edge, a lower edge and side edges, the raisable top panel having a plurality of legs that are continuously and outwardly formed from the lower edge so that a top surface of the raisable top panel, a top surface of the plurality of legs and a top surface of the floorboard form a planar surface while the raisable top panel is housed in the housing recess; a pair of side panels foldably connected to at least one of the side edges of the raisable top panel such that as the raisable top panel is raised, the pair of side panels move to mutually opposed positions to form, together with the raisable top panel, the foldable holding device in an open state; side panel holding protrusions that are provided in the housing recess and maintain a raised position of the pair of side panels; and a plurality of leg-holding members that are provided in the housing recess and that respectively hold the plurality of legs as the raisable top panel is raised, wherein the pair of side panels, when opened, are connected at a slant to the raisable top panel so that a first shortest distance between upper edges of the pair of side panels is longer than a second shortest distance between lower edges of the pair of side panels.