Patent ID: 8523268
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A luggage space arrangement of a motor vehicle for stowing away a retractable tonneau cover assembly, the tonneau cover assembly including an outer tube having a longitudinal slot extending along an axial direction thereof, a rotatable winding core received in the outer tube, a flexible sheet wound around the winding core, a spring member resiliently urging the rotatable core in a direction to wind the flexible sheet thereon and a rigid free end member attached to a free end of the flexible sheet and configured to extend out of the longitudinal slot, the arrangement comprising: a recess formed in a floor member of a luggage space so as to extend laterally across a width of a vehicle body and dimensioned to securely receive the retractable tonneau cover assembly therein, the recess configured to retain the tonneau cover assembly therein in a manner such that the tonneau cover assembly is substantially restricted from moving therein during movement of the vehicle; and wherein the recess comprises shallow sections formed on lateral ends thereof and a deep section formed in a middle part thereof, the shallow sections of the recess are configured and arranged such that lateral ends of the tonneau cover assembly are snugly received therebetween in a stored configuration thereof, and wherein the deep section is configured to allow the rigid free end member to extend vertically into the deep section of the recess when the retractable tonneau cover assembly is received in the recess.