Vehicle interior cover panel means
US4671557A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R5/047
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automotive compartment cover assembly, for use in covering a compartment such as, for example, the windowed rear compartment of a hatchback or a station wagon type automotive vehicle, has in effect, a variable length elongated hollow cylindrical roller about which is rolled a flexible cover sheet member; at least one compression spring serves to provide a longitudinal resilient force in order to axially accommodate and provide for the variable length of the roller; at least one pre-stressed coiled retractor spring is provided for producing a rotational tension or force on the cover sheet member in a manner whereby such tension or force does not increase linearly as the cover sheet member is being extended from the roller.
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