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Object retaining apparatus for a vehicle

US5016847A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 15, 1990
Grant dateMay 21, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 15, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R7/12
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for supporting an object includes a member having a plurality of connected bent portions. The portions include pair of generally horizontally extending, spaced apart, generally parallel lower legs each having a free end and an opposite end connected a lower end of one of a pair of vertically extending first uprights each connected at an upper end to a generally horizontally extending first cross beam. A pair of generally horizontally extending arms are each connected at one end to one of the first uprights between the upper and lower ends and at an opposite end to a lower end of one of a pair of generally vertically extending second uprights each connected at an upper end to a generally horizontally extending second cross beam. A pair of upper legs each have one end connected to one of the first uprights and extend generally horizontally parallel to and spaced above the lower legs a distance generally corresponding to a thickness of carpet in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a first formed member has the lower legs, the first uprights and the first cross beam forming portions thereof, and a second formed member has the arms, the second uprights and the second cross beam f…

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