Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Foot rests
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-23
2001-04-24
Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Foot rests
C297S423100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06220643
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a mounting structure for an automobile footrest.
Conventionally, nuts and bolts were usually employed for the mounting of automobile footrests. However, with this method of mounting, a large number of steps are required in the mounting operation, and improvement is desired. Consequently, in order to facilitate mounting of footrests, a construction has been proposed, for example in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. H.6-6999, wherein a threaded stud is fixed by welding or the like to an automobile body, and the footrest is mounted by means of a clip provided with an engagement claw that engages the threaded part of this stud. However, with this construction, a mounting clip separate from the footrest must be employed, so a perfect one-touch operation cannot be achieved. Also, with mounting using a stud, rattling in the mounted condition cannot be satisfactorily prevented, so a large peripheral flange of the footrest has to be employed, this flange being pressure-fixed to an automobile panel; this is inconvenient in use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The problem that this invention is intended to solve is the provision of a mounting structure for an automobile footrest whereby the footrest can be mounted in a condition without rattle by a perfect one-touch operation.
In order to solve this problem, an automobile footrest mounting structure according to the invention comprises plate-shaped mounting members mounted with prescribed separation on an automobile body panel and provided with respective engagement parts, and a footrest mounted on these plate-shaped mounting members.
The footrest is provided on its rear side with mounting parts capable of engagement in sliding relationship with the respective plate-shaped mounting members. These mounting parts are provided with engagement claw structures that respectively engage with engagement parts of the plate-shaped mounting members, and are arranged with a separation corresponding to the mounting separation of the plate-shaped mounting members on the vehicle body.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the mounting parts of the footrest are of hollow shape in which can be inserted the plate-shaped mounting members provided on the automobile body, and their engagement claw structures are integrally formed with a wall part of this hollow shape. Also, in a preferred embodiment, the plate-shaped mounting members are made of metal and are welded to an automobile body panel. Also, the engagement part of the plate-shaped mounting members is in the form of a hole, the footrest is a unitary moulding of plastics material, and the mounting parts of the footrest are formed in hollow shape having concave parts formed with dimensions in the width and thickness direction of a shape whereby the plate-shaped mounting members can be inserted. The engagement claw structures of these mounting parts of the footrest are integrally formed with a wall portion that determines the width direction dimension of the concave part of the mounting part.
The invention further provides a footrest used in the mounting structure for an automobile footrest as described above.
According to the invention, mounting of the footrest can be performed in one-touch manner simply by engaging these mounting parts in sliding relationship with the plate-shaped mounting members on the automobile body. Since the mounting of the footrest is performed by means of a sliding engagement of the plate-shaped mounting members on the vehicle body and mounting parts on the footrest, secure mounting can be achieved without rattling.
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Dayoan D. Glenn
Emhart Inc.
Gutman Hilary
Murphy Edward D.
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