Patent ID: 6457600
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A web-shaped retainer for a vehicle interior comprising:a flexible retaining web adapted to span across an interior of a vehicle to retain objects therein and formed with opposite mounting edges; and at least one foldable bar supporting a respective one of said edges and subdivided at a separation between ends of said bar into two mutually alignable bar segments, said bar further comprising: a hinge joint interconnecting said segments and enabling one of said segments to be folded at said hinge joint over the other of said segments, a locking sleeve slidable on a first of said segments and axially shiftable from an unlocked position wherein said sleeve is fully on said first of said segments over a second of said segments upon alignment of said segments to secure said segments in axial alignment in a locking position of said sleeve, and a spring operatively connected to said sleeve for biasing said sleeve into said locking position, whereby said sleeve is displaceable from said locking position into said unlocked position against a spring restoring force.