Patent ID: 6425628
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
Luggage restraining structure comprising a safety block fixed between a rear folding seat and a trunk, the trunk being formed on the trunk floor panel behind the rear folding seat which is collapsible and easy to keep, the safety block extending substantially upwardly above a level of the trunk floor panel and including an upwardly rising protrusion with a front facing wall and a substantially vertical trunk facing wall to block any objects on the trunk floor from sliding forwardly into contact with the rear folding seat during a rear end collision and a pair of engagements extended from lower ends of the front facing and trunk facing walls of the protrusion, the engagements having a plurality of thread holes formed therein for attaching the safety block with screws to an upper side of the trunk floor panel, and a reinforcement which is welded to an underside of the trunk floor panel and protrudes downwardly below the safety block, the reinforcement being for absorbing any excess shock transferred to the protrusion by objects in the trunk impinging thereon to thereby prevent deformation of the safety block.