LOAD DISPLACEMENT GUARD

Abstract: The present invention refers to a load displacement guard for estate cars or the like, where the rear seat back is foldable. The load displacement guard consists of a centre guard (1) and two side guards (2) and two struts (3) projecting backwards from the load displacement guard along the sides of the load compartment. The strut (3) and thereby all of the load displacement guard is fastened in a suitable way (7, 8) in the rear seat back locking of the car. As the load displacement guard is assembled and fastened by means of screwing joints (7 - 10) or the like it is easy to mount and dismount. Furthermore, in order to facilitate the pushing in and out of the centre and side guards they have been provided with wheels (6).

Description: TITLE OF INVENTION: LOAD DISPLACEMENT GUARD The present invention refers to a load displacement guard for estate cars or the like, where the rear seat back is foldable, the guard can be mounted without any measures being taken to the car. At present there are no special requirements in Sweden for load displacement guards of this type . The only existing requirement is that if the car is to be registered as lorry the load displacement guard, according to the standard of TSV (the Swedish Road Safety Office) , must withstand a collision test giving a certain pressure on the load displacement guard, which pressure varies for different cars as it is based on the kerb weight of the car. The present load dis¬ placement guard clearly exceeds this standard. Furthermore, according to this standard there should not be any gaps larger than 50 mm in the guard. The load displacement guards existing on the market at present are mounted by holes being made in the ceiling and the floor of the load compartment, whereby the guard is se¬ cured by means of screw joints. Furthermore, it is common with pins at the sides of the guard extending into made or existing apertures in the side walls of the load compartment. Thus, with the previously known load displacement guards measures must be taken in the car, such as making of holes or the like. Furthermore, they are often cumbersome to dismount if e.g. the rear seat must be temporarily used. Thus, one object of the present invention is to provide a load displacement guard which can be mounted without the need of any measures to the car and which furthermore can be both mounted and dismounted quickly and easily. This is achieved with a load displacement guard for estate cars as stated in the enclosed patent claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 shows a section taken along the line I-I in Fig. 5 2. Fig. 2 shows one embodiment of the load displacement guard in side view. Fig. 3 shows one part of a load displacement guard according to Fig. 2 in plan view. 0 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The load displacement guard for estate cars or the like consists of one centre guard 1- two side guards 2 and two struts 3 in the shown embodiment . 5 The centre guard 1 has a frame 4 of square tubes mounted in the frame a lower part .12 of a fully closed material and gratings 11 on the upper part of the centre guard. The side guards 2 consist of a frame 13 with a grating 11 provided inside the frame. 0 . The struts 3 consist of a bow of tubes 14 to 16, a flat bar 17 and a stiffening part 5. The centre guard 1 and the side guards 2 are fastened together in a suitable way by means of e.g. welded joints or screwing joints. Furthermore, the side guards 2 may have pro- 5 jections brought into the .t square tubes forming the frame cf the centre guard 1. The struts 3 are fastened in the side guards by means of e.g. screwing joints 9, 10 in the upper and lower edges of the side guard 2. Furthermore, the struts 3 have fastening C means 7, 8 for fastening in the rear seat back locking. The most rearly fastening means 7 of the struts 3 co-operate with the part of the seat back locking which is. mounted in the car body, while the front fastening means δ co-operate with the part of the seat back locking which is disposed or. the seat back itself. As the fastening means 7, 8 have tc be adapted to respective car they are not more closely described here, but preferably they are some kind of screwing joints. While the centre guard i is intended to have the same design independent of make of car and model, the side guards 2 and the struts 3 are adapted to the car in question. By fastening the struts 3 with screwing joints 7 to 10 in the car and at the side guards 2, respectively, it will be easy to mount and dismount the load displacement guard. The form of the struts 3 is adapted to the car in question so that there will be as little obstruction as possible in the event of opening one of the rear doors in order to reach into the load compartment. The design of the struts 3 is such that the different parts 14 to 17 follow the form of the car body. In this respect the upper strut part 14 follows the ceiling and then passes into a part 15 which leads to the seat back locking. A strut part 16 usually following the rear wheel housing leads from the seat back locking and then passes into a lower strut part 17 which follows the floor of the load compartment up to the lower part of the side guard 2. Furthermore, the strut is furnished with a stiffening part 5 disposed between the horizontal parts 14, 17 of the strut 2 adjacent to their fastenings at the rear parts 15, 16 of the strut 2. Both the side guards 2 and the struts 3 have each iden- tical design except for being adapted for mounting to the left and to the right, respectively, If so desired the centre guard 1 may be furnished with boxes, compartments, holding fixtures etc. for tools, spare parts, gas bottles or the like. At a possible collision the forces acting on the load displacement guard are principally taken up at the two fastenings 7, 8 at the seat back locking on both sides and in some extent of possible parts of the rear seat folded up in front of the guard and/or the front seats . The gratings 11 are relatively close-meshed and the mesh width is less than 50 mm and preferably about 25 mm. By forming the lower part 12 of the centre guard 1 of a fully closed material, e.g. plywood, a protection against possible pointed articles is achieved which articles otherwise could break into the seat backs of the front seats. The reminder of the centre guard 1 consists of grating 11 in order to get a clear view backwards. Of course it is possible to form all of the load displacement guard of a fully closed material or just gratings without departing from the basic inventive concept. Furthermore, the side guards 2 and the centre guard 1 are formed in such a way that no openings bigger than 50 mm are formed in the load displacement guard or between the car body and the load displacement guard, neither in vertical nor horizontal direction. Producing uniform centre guards 1 is of advantage for production and storing reasons above all. The centre guard 2 is provided with two wheels 6 on the underside in order to be able to slide the load displacement guard through one of the side doors and in order not to wear on the floor of the load compartment.

Claims: CLAIMS 1. A load displacement guard for estate cars or the like, where the rear seat back is foldable, characterized in that the load displacement guard has a strut (3) pro- jecting backwards along each side of the load compartment and which is mounted (7, 8) in the rear seat back locking of the car. 2. A load displacement guard according to claim 1, characterized in that the strut (3) has a fastening means (7) which co-operates with the part of the seat back locking which is mounted in the car body, while a second fastening means (8) co-operates with the part of the seat back locking which is placed on the seat back itself. 3. A load displacement guard according to claim 2, characterized in that the struts (3) are mounted in the rear seat back locking by means of screwing joints (7, 8) . 4. A load displacement guard according to any of the previous claims, characterized in consisting of a centre guard (1) and two side guards (2) besides the struts (3) . 5. A load displacement guard according to claim 4, characterized in that the struts (3) are fastened at the side guards (2) by means of screwing joints (9, 10) . ' 6. A load displacement guard according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the side guards (2) and the centre guard (1) are assembled by means of screwing joints and/or welded joints. 7. A load displacement guard according to any of the claims 4 to 6, characterized in that the struts (3), the side guards (2) and the fastening means (7, 8) are adapted to the car model and/or the make of car in question and its load compartment for fastening in the rear seat back locking. 8. A load displacement guard according to any of the claims 4 to 7, characterized in that the centre guard (7) consists of a lower part (12) of fully closed material and an upper grating part (11) mounted in a frame (4) of square tubes, in that the side guards (2) consist of gratings (12) and a frame (13) of square tubes, and in that the struts (3) consist of tubes (14-16, 5) and flat bars (17) adapted to the design of the load compartment in question. 9. A load displacement guard according to any of the previous claims, characterized by being designed so that it forms no openings bigger than 50 mm in the load displace-ment guard itself or between the load displacement guard and the car body. 10. A load displacement guard according to any of the previous claims- characterized by being provided with wheels (6) .

Inventors: LINDH LENA, LINDH, LENA
Applicants: LINDH LENA, LINDH, LENA
Application year: 1992
Main classification: B60R5
IPC codes: B60R21