Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Auxiliary article compartments
Reexamination Certificate
2000-11-20
2002-11-26
Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Auxiliary article compartments
C296S178000, C362S484000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06485078
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a shelf, and more particularly to a shelf for a bus installed inside the bus for placing cargoes and the like.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Generally, a bus carrying many passengers is equipped therein with shelves for accommodating passengers' belongings such as baggage and the like.
As illustrated in
FIG. 5
, the shelves are composed of two shelf assemblies
50
, each lengthwise arranged at an upper side of inner area of the bus and a plurality of brackets
52
each secured to a roof frame
51
for supporting the shelf assembly
50
.
The shelf assembly
50
includes, as illustrated in
FIG. 6
, a shelf plate
53
manufactured lengthwise, a frame
54
secured to an inner lateral end of the shelf plate
53
and coupled to a bottom surface of the shelf bracket
52
and a reinforcement
55
crosswise coupled to the shelf plate
53
for reinforcing a vertical load strength of the shelf.
Particularly, the frame
54
mounted with a mood lamp for illuminating the interior of the bus includes a void
57
formed at the frame
54
with an opening therein for illumination, a lamp
58
secured at the void
57
and a lens
59
for blocking the opening and for adjusting color, intensity and the like of the illuminated light.
Of course, the lens
59
is inserted at one end thereof into a first fitting part
60
formed at an inner end of the opening of the frame
54
while the other end thereof includes a second fitting part
61
formed at an opposite side of the first fitting part
60
and formed widely for fitting the lens
59
and a key mold
62
for securing the lens
59
after fitted into the second fitting part
61
.
However, there is a problem in the shelf plate formed lengthwise thus described according to the prior art in that quite a few workers are involved for assembly thereof because the shelf plate is heavy and lengthy, complicating the shelf assembly work and consuming lots of man power.
There is another problem in that, during breakage of lamp or lens thereof, it is very difficult to remove the broken lamp of lens because the lens is tightly inserted into the first and second fitting parts, complicating replacement work of lamp or lens.
There is a further problem in that the shelf assembly includes many components including the shelf plate, shelf bracket, reinforcement, frame, lens and the like, increasing production cost, but decreasing assembly efficiency.
There is still a further problem in that the shelf brackets follow the arrangement of the roof frame when the shelf brackets are installed on the roof, making it difficult to arrange same at a predetermined uniform space therebetween. Consequently, each shelf plate has to be made in a different length, increasing the manufacturing costs.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is disclosed to solve the aforementioned problems and it is an object of the present invention to provide a shelf for bus adapted to simplify the construction of shelf assembly and to reduce weight, to uniformly maintain pitches of shelf brackets installed on the roof for cost reduction and to make it easy for the lens and lamp to be replaced.
In accordance with the object of the present invention, there is provided a shelf for bus, the shelf comprising:
a first rail extensively secured lengthwise to a roof frame of the bus;
a second rail securely installed at a side panel of a bus interior in the same length as that of the first rail;
a shelf bracket formed at both ends thereof with a first and a second fitting part and secured at the first and second rails for sliding while fitted into the first and the second rail; and
a shelf plate fixed at an upper surface of the shelf bracket.
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patent: 5420763 (1995-05-01), Vanderhoof
patent: 5422794 (1995-06-01), Drake
patent: 5441326 (1995-08-01), Mikalonis
patent: 6082879 (2000-07-01), Myburgh
patent: 6241186 (2001-06-01), Calnon
Christie Parker & Hale LLP
Hyundai Motor Company
Pape Joseph D.
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