Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Enclosed compartment
Patent
1985-10-29
1987-08-25
Reeves, Robert B.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Enclosed compartment
296 65R, B60R 504
Patent
active
046888420
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to an arrangement in automotive vehicles which is intended to prevent the displacement of a vehicle load in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and to convert a vehicle seat into a horizontal bed surface.
With certain types of vehicle it is desirable to be able to arrange the vehicle furniture in a manner which enables the vehicle to be used as a transport vehicle, passenger vehicle and a so-called dormer vehicle, by which is meant a vehicle which also incorporates sleeping places. The object of the present invention is to provide an arrangement which enables these desiderata to be fulfilled. The arrangement is mainly characterized by a transverse support mounted in the flooring of the vehicle body and a sheet-like element which is pivotably mounted adjacent the support and which is intended to take firstly a substantially vertical position, in which the free end of the sheet-like element is attached, for example, to the roof of the vehicle and in which the said sheet-like element forms a shield against displacement of the load carried in the vehicle and also a back support and a neck support of a seat plate which is also pivotally mounted adjacent the transverse support, and secondly a substantially horizontal position in which support means are located between the free end of the sheet-like element and the vehicle floor, said sheet-like element forming one part of a bed, a further part of which has the form of an additional sheet-like element which is pivotally mounted adjacent the transfer support and which in its horizontal position is provided with support means located between the free end of the sheet-like element and the floor of the vehicle.
The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate a part of an automotive vehicle in which the arrangement is mounted in the rearward part of said vehicle, FIG. 1 showing the arrangement adjusted to a position in which it forms a combined seat and protective shield against longitudinal displacement of a load, and FIG. 2 showing the arrangement adjusted to its bed-forming position.
FIG. 1a illustrates details of the seat of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 illustrates the arrangement when mounted in the forward part of the vehicle rearwardly adjacent to the driving seat and operative as a load-displacement shield.
FIGS. 4a-f illustrate the various positions to which the arrangement can be adjusted, and
FIGS. 5a and b illustrate the arrangement fitted with cushions and forming firstly a seat and secondly a bed.
FIG. 6 illustrates some of the structural components of the arrangement.
FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of the transverse support.
FIG. 1 illustrates the rearward part of an automotive vehicle, such as a delivery van for example. Mounted on the floor of the vehicle with the aid of attachment means 2 is a transverse support 1. When the vehicle is to function as a so-called dormer vehicle, the support may incorporate, for example, a tank for drinking water. Hinged to the support by means of hinges 4 is a sheet-like element 3 which can be moved to an upright position, as illustrated in FIG. 1, or a horizontal position, as illustrated in FIG. 2. When occupying its upright position, the free end of the sheet-like element is secured to a transverse support 5, for example a rod or bar mounted on the ceiling of the vehicle. The sheet-like element 3 is provided with collapsible supports 12, which can be extended outwardly so as to rest against the floor of the vehicle, in accordance with FIG. 2, when the element 3 is moved to its bed-forming position. When in its upstanding position, the sheet-like element 3 forms a backrest of a vehicle seat structure, this structure also incorporating a seat plate 6 which is pivotally mounted to the transverse support 1 on hinges 8. These hinges are located in a plane which is somewhat lower than the hinges of the sheet-like element 3. The seat plate 6 is provided with collapsible supports 7 so arranged that
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Olson Carol L.
Reeves Robert B.
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