Patent Abstract:
A vehicle trunk lid is provided with a lid which can cover on the vehicle trunk. Hinges are provided below the trunk lid for connecting to the side boards of the trunk, while respective hydraulic bars are provided below the two sides of the trunk, including side bars and several horizontal bars, such that the trunk may have a private space for storage purposes, and can be locked up. The support frame can bear and hold large freight.

Full Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   (a) Field of the Invention 
   The present invention relates to a vehicle trunk lid, and particularly to one that can be installed on the trunk of a pickup truck, so as to prevent the freight in the trunk from being exposed to the rain, and to increase the utility of the trunk. 
   (b) Description of the Prior Art 
   Vehicle is an extremely convenient traffic instrument. Take a pickup truck for example, it not only can carry five persons, but also can carry freight in the trunk. However, as the general pickup trucks have an open trunk, the user must prepare a tent for contingent use. In comparison with the trunk of an automobile, the pickup truck is rather inconvenient in use. Besides, when carrying freight in the rain, the freight would easily get wet, let along the exposed freight is easily stolen, and the arrangement of the freight might be disorder in sight. There exists a need in improvement. 
   In view of the above, the inventor has researched and developed the improvements for the prior art, as disclosed herein. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   The primary object of the invention is to provide a vehicle trunk lid, which can prevent the freight disposed in the trunk from being stolen or missing, or from getting wet in the rain, thereby increasing the utility of the vehicle (pickup trunk), as well as the aesthetics of the vehicle. 
   The secondary object of the invention is to provide a vehicle trunk lid, which can cover the open trunk and be provided with a lock for anti-theft purposes. 
   To obtain the above objects, the invention is provided with a vehicle trunk lid which can cover the vehicle trunk. A support frame provided on the lid has two hinges respectively provided below the two sides of the front end for connecting with the trunk, and two hydraulic bars respectively provided below the two sides of the middle section. The lower ends of the hydraulic bars are connected to the side boards of the trunk for the purposes of supporting and buffing. The rear center of the lid is provided with a handle with a lock which, through two pull rods, connected to the hook bases at the left and right side. Corresponding lock bases are installed at the side boards of the trunk for locking to the locks at the time when the lid is closed with the trunk, thereby preventing the freight disposed in the trunk from being stolen or exposed in the rain, and thereby increasing the utility, as well as the style, of the vehicle (pickup truck). 
   To completely appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       FIG. 1  is an exploded view of the present invention. 
       FIG. 2  is a perspective view showing assembly of the invention to a vehicle trunk. 
       FIG. 3  is a partially enlarged view of the invention. 
       FIG. 4  shows the operation of the handle of the invention. 
       FIG. 5  is a partially enlarged view showing close of the invention. 
       FIG. 6  is an exploded view of the support frame of the invention. 
       FIG. 7  shows the horizontal bars of the support frame before assembly. 
       FIG. 8  shows the horizontal bars of the support frame after assembly. 
       FIG. 9  is a cut-away view of the horizontal bars of the support frame before assembly. 
       FIG. 10  is a cut-away view of the horizontal bars of the support frame after assembly. 
       FIG. 11  is an exploded view of the trunk lid of the invention. 
       FIG. 12  shows the application of the invention to the trunk. 
       FIG. 12   a  is a partially enlarged view taken from  FIG. 12 . 
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
   Please refer to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the vehicle trunk lid of the invention is provided with a lid  10  which can be mounted on the trunk  20 . The lid  10  is provided with a support frame  11  above, and respective hinges  12   a ,  12   b  at the two side of the bottom front end; each of the hinges  12   a ,  12   b  is connected to the side boards  21  of the trunk  20 . Besides, two hydraulic bars  13  respectively provided below the two sides of the middle section of the lid  10 ; the lower ends of the hydraulic bars  13  are connected to the side boards  21  of the trunk  20 . The rear center of the lid  10  is provided with a handle with a door lock  141  which, through the left pull rod  15   a  at the left side of the handle  14 , connected to the left hook base  16   a  which is installed at the left bottom side of the lid  10 , as well as through the right pull rod  15   b  at the right side of the handle  14 , connected to the right hook base  16   b  which is installed to the right bottom side of the lid  10 . The two side boards  21  of the trunk  20  are installed with left lock  22   a  and right lock  22   b  corresponding to left lock base  16   a  and right lock base  16   b , such that when the lid  16  is closed, the left lock base  16   a  and the right lock base  16   b  can be fastened to the left lock  22   a  and right lock  22   b , respectively, thereby locking the trunk lid  10 , so that the user can feel safe to put articles in the trunk  20 , and that the article will not get wet in the rain, or get lost or stolen. 
   As shown in  FIGS. 2 ,  3 ,  4  and  5 , when the trunk lid  10  is in use, it can be opened via the connection of the hinges  12   a ,  12   b  to the side boards  21  of the trunk  20  (see  FIG. 3 ). When opening the lid  10 , the user need not make a great effort since the stretch of the hydraulic bars  13  at the front sides can make a release, as well as can support the lid  10  after it is opened. On the other hand, when closing the lid  10 , the lid  10  can obtain a buffer effect through the compression of the hydraulic bars  13 . Accordingly, the locking flags  161  inside the left and right lock bases  16   a ,  16   b  can firmly lock to the interior of the side boards  21  of the trunk  20 , and further fastened via the left and right locks  22   a ,  22   b.    
   As shown in  FIG. 4 , when the user intends to open the lid  10 , he/she only needs to pull the handle  142  on the door handle  14 , which will rotate the flap  143  at the rear, and concomitantly trigger the left and right pull rods  15   a ,  15   b  connected at the flap  143  to move centrally, rendering the left and right lock bases  16   a ,  16   b  flip away and unlock to open the lid  10 . 
   Referring to  FIG. 5 , as the extending edge  17  of the lid  10  is relatively long in order to cover outside of the side edge  24  of the trunk at the time of closing, when the lid  10  is closed, the trunk door  23  cannot be opened. Such design is especially suitable to those trunk doors without locks. Meanwhile, when the bottom of the extending edge  17  of the lid  10  is fastened to the screw caps at the bottom of the lid  10  via screws  18 , the lining  19  can be fastened, such that the lid  10  and the side boards  21  of the trunk  20  will be closer to each other. Furthermore, in view of the buffing of the lining  19 , the vehicle would not make noise due to the shock in process. When the lid  10  is closed with the trunk door  23 , the lock  131  of the rear door handle  13  will be firmly fastened to obtain an anti-theft effect. 
   As shown in  FIG. 6 , a support frame  11  is provided on the top of the lid  10 . Each of the two sides of the support frame  11  is provided with a side bar  111 ; several horizontal bars  112  are provided between the two side bars  111  for bearing larger freight, luggage or bicycles. The respective end pieces  113  are mounted onto the two ends of the side bars  111 , the coupling portions of the side bars  111  and the end pieces  113  are provided with screw caps  118  for receiving screws  119  which go through side bars  111  and the end pieces  113  for fastening purposes. At last, the side bars  111  are mounted with top covers  114 , provided with a base board  115  at the underside for installed to the top sides of the lid  10  (see  FIG. 1 ), and engaged at the end edge with end caps  117  and connectors  116  which combine the horizontal bars  112  with the side bars  111 . 
   Referring to  FIGS. 7˜10 , in assembly of the horizontal bars  112  of the support frame  11 , the connectors  116  are engaged in the interior groove of the horizontal bars  112 , such that the ends of the connectors  116  will protrude out of the horizontal bars  112 . The ends of the horizontal bars  112  are mounted with end caps  117 , the center of which has a through hole such that the ends of the connectors  116  can protrude to insert into the locking groove a of the side bars  111 . The screws on the bottom of the connectors  116  are screwed to make the clamps b at the protruded front end of the connectors  116  to wide open for combining to the locking groove a of the side bars  111  for fastening purposes (see  FIG. 10 ). Such design effectuates firm and instant assembly. 
   As shown in  FIGS. 7˜9 , a slide groove c is further provided on the side bar  111 , such that a slide base  31  can slide into the slide groove c from the side of the side bars  111 . A locking ring  32  is pivotally provided at the front end of the slide base  31  for holding the article binding string. The sliding bases  31  can freely move on the slide grooves c. 
   As shown in  FIGS. 12 and 12   a , the locking rings  32  at the left and right sides of the lid  10  can held the locking pieces at the two sides of the string  22 , such that when a larger article  40  is disposed on the horizontal bars  112  of the support frame  11 , the article  40  would not fell out of the vehicle during processing. The locking pieces at the string  33  go around the large article  40 , and the string  22  is fastened by a ratchet fastener  34  to easily bind articles on the support frame  11 . 
   As shown in  FIG. 11 , the lid  10  can be a single board formed integrally, or in an assembly form. As shown, the lid  10  is composed of three pieces, including a central piece  10   a , a left side  10   b  and a right side  10   c . The two sides of the central piece  10   a  are provided with hollow frames which have several screw holes  101 . The left and right sides  10   b ,  10   c  are also provided with hollow frames with several screw holes  103 , such that the left and right sides  10   b ,  10   c  can be assembled to the left and right of the central piece  10   a , respectively, and fastened to the central piece  10   a  via screws  102  going through the screw holes  101 ,  103  to form an integral trunk lid  10 . The connecting rim of the left and right sides  10   b ,  10   c  and the central piece  10   a  can be covered by the base board  115  of the support frame  11  (see  FIG. 1 ), to make the outer appearance aesthetic. The rear upper of the lid  10  may be provided with a plastic spacer  104  to prevent the support frame  11  from being scratched during the transportation of freight. 
   It is of course to be understood that the embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.

Technology Classification (CPC): 1