Automotive rear shelf structure

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1986-05-28

1988-03-01

Reeves, Robert B.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Auxiliary article compartments

242107, B60R 500

Patent

active

047281413

ABSTRACT:
A cable retractor having a spring loaded reel for winding a cable thereonto. The tension applied to the cable by the cable retractor is made to change as the take out length of the cable changes either by changing the effective radius of the reel or the effective spring constant of a spring member biasing the reel. Such a cable retractor can be advantageously applied to a rear shelf structure which lifts a rear shelf cooperative with the opening action of the tail gate of a three-door or five-door car by attaching the cable retractor to either the tail gate or the rear shelf and the free end of the cable taken out from the cable retractor to the other of the tail gate and the rear shelf. Thus, the rear shelf will not droop due to the increase in the tension of the cable when the tail gate is fully open and the cable retractor will not apply undue resistance to the tail gate in the early phase of opening the tail gate. Part of the cable may be still left wound on the reel when the tail gate is fully open so that the rear shelf may be moveable even when the tail gate is fully open.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3910625 (1975-10-01), Menard
patent: 4010913 (1977-03-01), Guerster et al.
patent: 4222601 (1980-09-01), White et al.
patent: 4385736 (1983-05-01), Yamamoto

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