Safety net device

Details Safety net device Safety net device

Filed on

1997-10-20

Date issued

1999-10-26

Examiner

Rice, Kenneth R.

Patent Class

Land vehicles

SubClass

Wheeled

SubSubClass

Attachment

Other Related Categories

B60R 2106

Type

Patent

Status

active

Patent number

059714336

Description

ABSTRACT:
A safety net apparatus for preventing objects from being flung from a luggage compartment into the passenger space of a motor vehicle. The apparatus includes a safety net which can be pulled out and used at different pull out lengths from a winding shaft rotatably supported within a housing of the apparatus. The winding shaft includes a blocking device adapted for blocking rotation of the winding shaft as a consequence of an object being flung into the safety net for preventing further unwinding of the safety net from the winding shaft as a consequence of the forces acting on the net. Alternative blocking devices are disclosed which can be either manually operated, or which can be operated in response to acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle, acceleration in the rotary speed of the winding shaft, or transverse forces acting on the winding shaft.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1186865 (1916-06-01), Uttz
patent: 1936251 (1933-11-01), McCullough
patent: 4150799 (1979-04-01), Takada
patent: 4202577 (1980-05-01), Breitschwerdt et al.
patent: 5551726 (1996-09-01), Ament
patent: 5820187 (1998-10-01), Ament et al.

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