Patent ID: 7179040

Claim:
A luggage storage structure for a vehicle with a concaved storage portion formed to protrude downward in a floor panel and a plate member provided to cover an upper portion of said concaved storage portion, comprising: a transfer mechanism for transferring said plate member up and down relative to said floor panel; a pair of rail frames fixed on said floor panel on opposite sides of said concaved storage portion and parallel to each other; a pair of drive links, a first end of each drive link being connected with one of said rail frames so as to transfer in a longitudinal direction of said rail frame, a second end of each drive link being connected with said plate member, said drive links being horizontal when said plate member closes said concaved storage portion, and said drive links being raised when said plate member is transferred upward; a pair of driven links, a first end of each driven link being connected with said plate member, a second end of each driven link being connected with said floor panel, each driven link being connected at a middle point of one of said drive links so as to rotate, said driven links being horizontal when said plate member closes said concaved storage portion and said driven links being raised when said plate member is transferred upward; a plurality of sliders that are capable of sliding in the longitudinal direction of said rail frame, said sliders engaging with said first ends of said drive links through a pair of connecting links; and a driving mechanism provided to slide each slider in the longitudinal direction of said rail frame, wherein each drive link and each driven link shift between an approximately horizontal state and a raised state by transferring said first end of each drive link along said rail frame, each drive link includes a contacting portion provided between said middle point of said drive link and said first end of said drive link, each of said sliders includes a contacting surface formed thereon to be brought into contact with said contacting portion, said contacting surface slopes in a direction in which said slider slides when said drive link shifts from said approximately horizontal state to said raised state; each of the sliders is provided with a transfer guide groove in the longitudinal direction of the rail frame, and a rotary connecting portion comprising one of said pair of connecting links which on one end is connected to said first end of said drive link so as to rotate, and on the other end is connected to a slide pin for transferring within the transfer guide groove.