Patent ID: 6488325
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A cargo space cover for a motor vehicle, the cover having a flexible flat sheet that may be extracted from an initial stored position into a horizontal covering position,the cover being provided with two securing elements being disposed coaxially to one another at opposite ends of a transversely extending axis, and facing outwardly with respect thereto, the two securing elements being configured to be positioned into two respective receptacles affixed to the vehicle, when the cover has been extracted, characterized in that the securing elements (7) are connected with each other via a tensioning medium (9) that is disposed axially between the securing elements, so that the tensioning medium exerts a pulling force on the securing elements, toward one another, when the securing elements are received by the receptacles, and that the securing elements (7) and the vehicle fixed receptacles (8), which receptacles include securing sections configured to cooperate with the securing elements, are cooperatively configured to form an interlocking restraint preventing the securing elements from moving toward one another when they are received by the receptacles, toward preventing undesired disengagement of the securing elements (7) from the vehicle fixed receptacles (8).