Patent ID: 7014239
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. Protective device for a motor vehicle cargo area with at least one winding shaft, which is mounted in an axially floating manner between two casing side parts coaxially movably associated in a longitudinal direction of a winding axis of the winding shaft, the winding shaft being arranged in a centered manner in an axial mid-position by spring tension, said casing side parts adapted to be received in vehicle-secured holding receptacles, wherein at least one casing side part is locked in a positively releasable manner in a corresponding vehicle-secured holding receptacle by a mechanical locking device that is movable outwardly from said one casing side part relative to the longitudinal direction of the winding axis, and wherein the winding shaft comes into operative connection with the locking device so that an axial movement of the winding shaft in the direction of a release position of the protective device leads to an unlocking of the locking device.