Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Auxiliary article compartments
Patent
1996-08-30
1998-09-01
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Auxiliary article compartments
296 378, 224915, B60R 706
Patent
active
058000046
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION
The present invention relates to a storage device, especially for umbrellas, for installation in motor vehicles.
A specific place for storing umbrellas is not normally provided in motor vehicles.
Because of their size, umbrellas are generally placed on the rear seat or on the parcel shelf, which is, however, appropriate only for dry umbrellas.
Wet umbrellas are usually placed on the floor behind the driver's or front passenger's seat or in front of the front passenger's seat. That, however, is appropriate only when the rear seats and/or the front passenger seat is/are not being used. Wet umbrellas are thus often also stored in the boot, which means, however, that the user is rained on.
In addition to the risk of an umbrella that is lying on the floor being damaged by passengers, especially as they are getting in and out, during the handling of wet umbrellas not only do the interior furnishings of the motor vehicle become wet but generally the user also, which is likewise undesirable.
In order to prevent the user from being rained on when leaving the motor vehicle, it should be possible to house the umbrella in the motor vehicle in such a manner that it can be picked up by a user who is in a sitting position and put up, once the motor vehicle door has been opened, before the motor vehicle is left.
As the user gets into the motor vehicle, the umbrella should not have to be closed until after the user has taken his seat.
That means that the storage device must be so arranged in the motor vehicle that the umbrella can readily be inserted in the storage device and removed therefrom by the user from his sitting position.
In the process, in the case of a wet umbrella neither the user nor the interior furnishings of the motor vehicle should become wet.
In the stored state, the umbrella should be protected against damage, dirt and dust and should be housed in the motor vehicle to be as visually unobtrusive as possible.
In order to dry a wet umbrella and to avoid the formation of mould spots, ventilation, preferably with warm air, should be provided.
Furthermore, it should be possible for the drip water from a wet umbrella to be caught in the storage device and removed from the motor vehicle.
It should be possible to integrate the storage device in an existing empty area, with minimum structural alterations and without fundamental changes to the vehicle concept, taking account of the varying spatial conditions and desired interior furnishings in individual vehicle models.
The problem underlying the present invention is to create a storage device, especially for umbrellas, for installation in motor vehicles, which storage device takes account of the requirements mentioned.
The features provided according to the invention for solving that problem are given in patent claim 1.
The storage device according to the invention consists of a receiving compartment that is arranged in a side door of the motor vehicle and an umbrella holder that is movably connected to the receiving compartment, which umbrella holder is movable between an inner end position, in which the umbrella is enclosed in the receiving compartment, and an outer end position, in which the umbrella can be removed from the umbrella holder or inserted therein.
The receiving compartment is accommodated in the hollow area of the vehicle door, which hollow area is formed between the outer wall and the inner panel.
For horizontal storage of the umbrella, the receiving compartment is arranged preferably in the lower region of the vehicle door and, for vertical storage of the umbrella, is arranged preferably in the rear region of the vehicle door.
The umbrella holder is preferably rotatably or swivellably connected to the receiving housing and preferably can be opened out towards the inside of the vehicle into the free area between the door frame and the vehicle door, which free area is formed as the vehicle door opens.
The umbrella holder is also preferably so constructed that, in the outer end position, the umbrella can be inserted from above or remov
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Fischerwerke Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG
Pape Joseph D.
Striker Michael J.
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