Horizontally supported planar surfaces – With structural installation – Vehicle supported
Patent
1997-01-07
1999-02-23
Braun, Leslie A.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
With structural installation
Vehicle supported
2482001, 2482981, A47B 2300
Patent
active
058733116
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a parts tray for use in the area of an opened engine compartment of a motor vehicle, especially a passenger car, for holding working materials, especially for inspection, maintenance and repair work.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In repair and maintenance work on motor vehicles, especially passenger cars, in the area of the engine compartment it is common that during this work the aids used, such as tools, measuring instruments, descriptions, plans, spare parts which have been replaced or which are to be replaced, etc. are temporarily placed on the motor or other surface of the engine compartment. This is on the one hand extremely dangerous, since aids forgotten in the engine compartment (for example, tools) can lead to serious damage under certain circumstances, furthermore, by placing aids in the engine compartment there is also the danger that they will fall onto inaccessible or poorly accessible engine locations, necessitating additional time-consuming and expensive work to retrieve them. Furthermore, visible damage cannot be precluded, especially damage to painted or otherwise enhanced surfaces, which is not acceptable in expensive motor vehicles and which dictates time-consuming and costly repairs or improvements.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to eliminate this disadvantage and to devise an improved parts tray which can be located with at least one receiver on the engine compartment, in the respective work area, i.e., wherever work, for example inspection, maintenance, repair, etc. is performed.
To achieve this object, a parts tray for use in the area of an opened engine compartment of a motor vehicle, especially a passenger car, for holding working materials, especially for inspection, maintenance and repair work, is designed.
When in use the support frame of the parts tray is positioned on the opened engine compartment such that at least one transverse bar extends with its longitudinal extension transversely or perpendicularly to the vehicle axis above the opened engine compartment. Then, on this transverse bar there is at least one receiver or tray which is formed for example by a shell open on the top. Then the aids required for the respective job, for example, tools, measuring instruments, printed instructions, drawings, spare parts, etc. can be held by this receiver such that the aids can be easily reached by the individual performing the work in the working position. In particular, the worker need not leave the work position. Also the temporary placement of aids on the engine or other surfaces in the engine compartment is no longer necessary.
In one embodiment of the invention the tray is made as such. Then even larger measuring instruments can be deposited on this tray. Furthermore, in this case a shell is provided which preferably forms several compartments which are open on the top and in which the tools, especially special tools, measuring instruments, etc., needed for certain work, together with spare parts, can be accommodated in an orderly manner. In doing so there is also especially the possibility of providing several such trays, of which then each is equipped beforehand with the tools, measuring instruments, spare parts, etc. needed for special work.
Preferably the support frame has a transverse bar or crosspiece which has a bead-like depression on its periphery in the longitudinal direction. On the bottom of the receiver there is then at least one bearing piece with which the tray can be placed on the transverse bar, such that a projection provided on the bearing piece or elsewhere on the tray fits into the longitudinal groove of the transverse bar and thus prevents the tray on the transverse bar from tipping. In this way a very simple arrangement and placement of the receiver or tray on the support frame is possible.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention is detailed below using the Figures on embodiments.
FIG. 1 shows in a simplified perspective representation one embodiment of the holder
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Baxter Gwendolyn
Braun Leslie A.
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