GB2223466A - Accessory for use in a vehicle - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60R7/00—Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps
- B60R7/04—Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space, e.g. using racks
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60N3/00—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for
- B60N3/10—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60N3/00—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for
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Abstract
A travel organiser for carrying personal items for use in a vehicle has a shaped base to facilitate stable location on a front seat of a vehicle. The organizer in one embodiment comprises a plastics moulded lower shell 42 which supports on its peripheral edge a plastics moulded raised upper shell 44 in which pockets/cavities 50 are formed, the two shells being hinged at 46 to permit access to articles stored in the space between the two shells. The upper shell includes a transverse notch 54 for receiving the lap portion of a seat belt to thereby hold the platform against movement. <IMAGE>
Description
ACCESSORY FOR USE IN A VEHICLE
This invention relates to an accessory for use in a vehicle, particularly a road vehicle such as a car.
A driver of a car (for example) often needs to have with him, within easy reach, and in an orderly manner, various articles that are required for his particular activity that day. Moreover, such articles need to be held against random movement in the car, as it accelerates or decelerates, or manoeuvres, and preferably to be readily removable and usable.
According to the present invent ion, an accessory for use in a vehicle comprises a platform adapted to sit snugly and stably on a front passenger seat in the vehicle, and having formed therein (a) a plurality of partitions which define between them a series of pockets or cavities, which pockets are shaped to receive within them and hold stably therein respective predetermined articles or groups of articles in predetermined positions, and (b) restraining parts adapted to be engaged by, and so restrained by, a passenger seat belt associated with that seat, whereby the platform is restrained against movement on the vehicle seat.
According to one preferred feature of the present invention, the platform comprises fore and aft portions which are hinged on one another at a common transverse, upper boundary, so as to permit the two portions to be hinged upwardly from the in-line, 'in-use' configuration into a face-to-face, closed 'carrying' configuration, whereby to enclose the contents of the respective pockets and so facilitate the hand-carrying of the platform by the user to and from the vehicle.
If desired, one or both portions may be provided with a removable plate or other baffle member which may be placed in position on the associated portion whereby to restrain some or all of the articles present in the pockets of that portion against movement when the portion is hinged upwardly to its said 'carrying' position.
Preferably, the two portions are provided with respective plane flanges which meet and abut one another in the said
'carrying' configuration of the two portions; and those flanges are preferably provided with protrusions or indentations at the respective sides remote from the hinged boundary so as to serve there as finger-grips for enabling the platform when in the closed configuration to be handcarried in the manner of a suitcase.
The platform may comprise a simple thin-walled shell of a rigid or semi-rigid plastics material, formed for example as by a vacuum-forming technique from a single sheet of such a material, or by an injection moulding technique.
Any convenient form of hinge means may be used. For example, a hinge may be formed integrally with the respective portions of the platform; or a hinge may be formed integrally along one transverse boundary of one said portion and be secured by any convenient form of fixing means to the adjacent boundary of the other portion; or by adhesively securing adjacent parts of at least one strip of a suitable flexible plastics material to the respective adjoining transverse boundary parts of the respective portions.
Alternatively, the platform may comprise instead (a) a lower shell adapted to fit snugly and stably on the passenger seat, and (b) an upper shell adapted to fit securely on the upper part of the lower shell, and having formed therein said pocket-defining partitions, and said restraining parts for engagement by a seat belt.
Such a two-shell embodiment of the present invention may have any of the following optional features: (a) the upper and lower shells may define between them a storage space for receiving articles that do not need to be readily accessible, and if desired, one or more of said pockets may open into the space enclosed between the two shells, whereby to accommodate taller articles; (b) the two shells may be hingedly connected at a common peripheral boundary so as to give access to articles stored between them. Alternatively, the upper shell may be seated on ledges or runners formed in the lower shell, and if desired, be slidable relative to the lower shell whereby to give access to articles stored below the upper shell.The upper shell may also carry a slidable tray; (c) the platform may be provided at its forward end with a detachable receptacle, which may hang down in front of the forward end of the passenger seat, and even be seated on the vehicle floor. Such a receptacle may comprise a rigid box or bin, or even a collapsible bag or folder; and (d) the platform may be provided with rails protruding forwardly of the platform, for receiving thereon such a box/bin or bag/folder. Such rails may be slidably mounted in guides formed in one or both of the shells, and be capable of movement between extended and retracted positions.
For want of a better name, such a vehicle accessory will be referred to hereinafter as a 'driver's companion'.
Other features of the present invention will appear from a reading of the description that follows hereafter, and from the claims appended at the end of that description.
Various embodiments of the present invention will now be described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings.
In those drawings:
Figure 1 shows diagrammatically, in a vertical, partsectional view, a front passenger seat mounted in a car, as seen from the adjacent driver's seat, the passenger seat having disposed thereon a driver's companion according to the present invention;
Figures 2 and 3 show pictorially two different forms of such a driver's companion, each comprising superposed, upper and lower shells hinged together, the respective figures showing different forms of hinging;
Figure 4 shows in end view the form of hinging used in the embodiment of Figure 3;
Figure 5 shows pictorially a further driver's companion having its respective pockets occupied by appropriate articles or groups of articles;
Figures 6 and 7 show pictorially a modified form of the driver's companion of the Figure 5;
Figure 8 shows pictorially an exploded view of a further form of driver's companion;;
Figures 9 and 10 show pictorially two receptacles for use in association with the driver's companion of Figure 8;
Figure 11 shows pictorially the forward part of a modified version of the driver's companion of Figure 8;
Figures 12 and 13 show pictorially, in alternative conditions respectively, the forward part of a further modified form of the driver's companion of Figure 8;
Figure 14 shows pictorially a further form of driver's companion in which a lower shell carries in its upper part two superposed trays;
Figure 15 shows, in respect of tne driver's companion of
Figure 14, the lower shell with the lower shelf positioned above it ready for inserion in the lower shell;
Figure 16 shows pictorially the driver's companion of
Figure 14 with the lower tray installed and the upper tray ready for positioning within the lower shell; ;
Figure 17 shows a side view of a further form of driver's companion, showing its two constituent portions disposed in an in-line, 'in-use' configuration;
Figure 18 shows a side view of the driver's companion of
Figure 17, but with its two constituent portions disposed instead in a closed 'carrying' configuration; and
Figures 19 and 20 show pictorial views of the driver's companion of Figure 17 in the open 'in-use' and the closed 'carrying' configurations of the Figures 17 and 18 respectively.
In the description that follows hereafter, parts of the respective embodiments which are the same as or similar to earlier-mentioned corresponding parts of other embodiments are correspondingly referenced.
Referring now to the drawings, in Figure 1 there is shown a conventional front passenger seat 10 supported on the floor 12 of a car (which is not otherwise shown), and spaced rearwardly of the interface 14 dividing the cabin space 16 from the engine compartment 18.
The seat 10 comprises a squab 20, on the rear part of which is hinged the backrest 22. The passenger-contacting parts 24, 26 are shaped to comfortably and snugly support a seated passenger. A conventional seat belt 28 has diagonal and lap portions 30, 32 for restraining an adult passenger on the seat in conventional manner.
A driver's companion 34 is seated firmly on the squab 20 and extends the full length of it. Its base and rear end surfaces are shaped so as to fit snugly and stably against the contoured corresponding parts 24 and 26 of the seat.
Removably attached to the forward end of the driver's companion is a detachable receptacle 36 (e.g. a box, bin or bag), which extends downwards onto and is preferably supported by the car floor 12. Disposed stably within the driver's companion are various items 38 that the driver may wish to have with him during his day's activities. The receptacle 36 may contain articles 40 that are too big to be accommodated in the driver's companion itself.
Alternatively, the receptacle 36 may serve as a rubbish bin.
One form of driver's companion is shown in Figure 2 and comprises a rigid (or semi-rigid) lower shell 42 of a moulded plastics material shaped to suit the contoured shapes of the seat squab 20 and backrest 22, and a raised, upper shell 44 (likewise made of a moulded plastics material) which is firmly seated on the upper rim part of the lower shell 42. The two shells are hinged together at a position 46 midway along one side, so as to allow the car driver, when seated alongside, to have access to articles stored in the space enclosed between the two shells.
The upper shell 44 has a substantially horizontal, raised upper surface 48 in which are formed (a) a series of pockets or compartments 50 separated by partition walls 52 and shaped to receive various articles 38 of different sizes and shapes, and (b) transverse notches 54 of triangular cross section for receiving the lap portion 32 of the seat belt 28. The depth of each pocket is made suitable for the articles to be housed in the pocket.
Where the articles (e.g. files) are of substantial depth, the pocket has no base wall, so that such deep articles can descend into and rest upon the floor of the lower shell.
Such a pocket is shown at reference 56.
Figure 3 shows a modified version of the device of Figure 2, in which version a hinge 58 connecting the two shells is disposed at one end of the shells and permits the car driver to raise the front end of the top shell about its rearward end, thus giving access to items stored below.
Figure 4 shows a transverse cross section of one simple form of hinge 58. That hinge comprises inter-engaged halfcylindrical shells 60, 62 secured respectively to the upper and lower shells 44, 42 and arranged for pivotal sliding movement over one another.
Figure 5 shows a further modified version of the device shown in Figure 2, in which version the forward part 64 of the device has been extended sideways towards the driver's seat and forwards. The platform is provided at its forward end with a mouth 66 into which two retractable, horizontal support rods 68 extend and carry slidably thereon a flexible U-shaped folder or pocket 70. That pocket extends downwardly below the front of the squab 20 of the seat 10 so as to accommodate articles of greater depth.
In that Figure the driver's companion is shown with various articles 38 disposed in the respective pockets of the upper shell 44, namely (a) a series of suspension files 72 carrying papers and
correpondence disposed in a bottomless pocket 74; (b) an indexed reference book 76 disposed in a pocket 78
across part of which the lap seat belt 32 will pass; (c) a series of tape cassettes 80 carried in a pocket 82
and held in position by a retaining strap 84; (d) a carton 86 of fruit squash lodged in a pocket 88; (e) a carton 90 of food lodged in a pocket 92; (f) various writing implements 94 lodged in a pocket 96;
and (g) various coins 98 and receipts 100 carried in a shallow
pocket 102.
Figure 6 shows a modified version of the device of Figure 5, in which version the support rods 68 and flexible pocket 70 have been replaced by a rigid bin 104 of a moulded plastics material. That bin is arranged to sit on a ledge 106 formed around the mouth 66 of the upper shell 44, and to be held in position by engagement of an upstanding projection 108 formed on the rim of the bin within a lip 110 formed on the upper shell 44. For the sake of clarity, the bin 104 is shown separated from the upper shell 44, and the broad arrow 112 indicates the direction in which the bin is to be moved for engagement in the mouth 66 of the upper shell 44. Figure 7 shows the bin engaged with the upper shell.
In the Figure 8, the upper and lower shells 44, 42 are shown separated from one another to reveal two sets of longitudinal grooves 114, 116 formed in the respective shells for receiving two slidable support rods 118 which together with a cross piece 120 constitute a U-shaped support rail. That rail may be moved at will between extended and retracted positions. When in the extended position, the support rail may carry, for example, a removable bin 122 as shown in Figure 9, the bin having underside grooves 124 for engaging on the support rods 118.
Alternatively, a collapsible bag 126 (for example, of the kind commercially available as TYVEK bags) may have eyelets
128 engaged on the support rods 118 and be suspended thereby from the rods 118. Such a bag is illustrated in
Figure 10. Figure 11 shows such a U-shaped support rail 118, 120 in a partly extended position.
The U-shaped support rail may be replaced if desired by two independent, retractable support rods 130, as shown in the
Figures 12 and 13, on which rods the bin 122 or the bag 126 may be carried. Alternatively, such support rods may carry a flexible folder 132, such as those commercially available as-KOREX folders. Such a folder may be collapsed when empty by pushing the support rods 130 further into their respective slideways.
Whereas in the embodiments so far described above, the upper shell 44 has been engaged firmly on the upper rim surfaces of the lower shell 42, and has been displacable therefrom by upwards movement of at least one side of the shell, in further embodiments which will now be described the upper shell takes the form of at least one tray which is carried within the upper part of the lower shell, and which if desired may be moved longitudinally on the lower shell to give access to the space below. If desired, a further tray may be provided beneath the slidable tray and be removably located within the upper part of the upper shell. Such lower tray may be arranged to extend over only a part of the length of the lower shell, so as to provide storage space for tall articles which stand in the lower shell 42 and protrude above the level of the lower tray.
Such an arrangement is shown in the Figures 14 to 16, where the lower shell 42 has support ledges 134 on which a lower, pocketed tray 136 removably rests. An upper pocketed tray 136 slidably rests on the lower tray 136, and is upwardly removable therefrom when desired. The lower tray 136 extends only part-way along the length of the lower shell 42, and the upper tray 138 likewise extends only part-way along the length of the lower tray 136, so that articles of greater depth (such as files) may be seated in the lower shell 42 and protrude upwardly through the levels of both the lower and the upper trays 136, 138. In order to secure the files against movement longitudinally of the lower shell under conditions of acceleration/deceleration, the base of the lower shell 42 is provided with a series of parallel, transverse ribs 140, with which the lower edges of the files may engage.Such transverse ribs are shown in the embodiment of Figure 8 at reference 140, where the pocket above has no bottom and is intended to receive a group of files 72.
A flat lid (not shown) may be provided for fitting over the platform when required, whereby to provide for the driver a desk or writing surface.
Appropriate carrying handles may be built into the upper and lower shells so as to facilitate the handling of the platform into and out of the car, or the car boot, as required.
In a further form of driver's companion according to the present invention, the upper shell is dispensed with, and the lower shell functions on its own to provide the desired storage facilities for articles to be carried in a car. In such a case, the lower shell is formed with partition walls to define the desired respective storage pockets.
In a modified version of that single shell construction of driver's companion, the shell is divided into fore and aft portions which are hinged on one another at their respective adjacent transverse boundaries, so as to enable the two portions to be hinged relative to one another in the manner of a suitcase, and thereby bring the two portions together in face-to-face relationship, thus enclosing the articles lodged in the respective pockets.
Locking means may be provided for securing the two portions in that closed condition, so providing some measure of security against unauthorised access and security against
theft for the contents.
An example of such a modified single shell construction of driver's companion is illustrated in the Figures 17 to 20.
In those Figures, the driver's companion comprises fore and aft shell portions 142, 144, which are joined at their adjacent transverse upper boundaries by two hinges 146, each of which is constituted by a short piece of a flexible plastics material 148 adhesively secured to the respective shell portions. Those hinges enable the two shell portions to be swung upwardly from their horizontal, 'open' or 'inuse' positions of Figures 17 and 19 to their respective vertical, 'closed' or 'carrying' positions of Figures 18 and 20, so as to facilitate movement of the driver's companion into and out of its position on the front seat of a car.
Those shell portions have upper, planar flanges 150 which in the 'closed' configuration of Figures 18 and 20 abut one another and enclose the articles stored in the respective pockets of the two shell portions. Seat belt-receiving notches 54 are provided in the flange 150 of the rear shell portion 144. In Figure 17, the wall thickness of the respective shell portions is indicated by dotted lines to show the profiles of the various pockets formed in those shell portions. Those pockets may house articles similar to those housed in corresponding pockets in the earlier described embodiments. A tray 152 may be provided for carrying a bank of tape cassettes, and for enclosing a cavity below it.
The flanges 150 are provided, on their undersides near their transverse boundaries remote from the hinges 146, with projecting, tranverse finger-grips 154 for enabling the driver's companion to be readily carried when in its closed 'carrying' configuration in the manner of a suitcase.
In the forward shell portion 142, the pocket 156 incorporates a raised platform 158 on which a plastics drinking cup 160 may be seated, and is arranged to receive in its upper part a recessed plate or tray 162 having an aperture 164 likewise for receiving and steadying such a drinking cup 160. That plate or tray 162 may serve to restrain tape cassettes sitting in the tray 152, when the shell portions are hinged to the 'closed' configuration. A similar tray may likewise be provided in the upper part of the pocket 164 which lies transversely adjacent the pocket
156, and likewise serve to restrain other items stored in the corresponding parts of the rear shell portion 144.
The central hinging feature of the embodiment of Figures 17 to 20 may be applied if desired to the earlier embodiments.
Driver's companions as described above may be adapted to carry, as desired, various portable office facilities, such as, for example, a telephone, a data processor, a facsimile machine, or a photo-copier.
The constituent parts of the vehicle accessories described above may be formed wherever appropriate by an injection moulding process, or by a vacuum forming method. Any suitable plastics materials may be used.
Whereas the vehicle accessories described above have dealt with the needs of the travelling business man, other versions of the vehicle accessories described may adapted to the specific needs of any other groups of persons. For example, a driver's companion may be provided for mothers who need to carry with them in the car the various items needed for the care of a young family during their car
journeys, the pockets of the device being arranged according to the shapes and numbers of articles that have to be accommodated.
Thus, a standard form of lower shell 42 may be used in combination with various different upper shell modules 44 arranged, and selected by the user, according to the particular use to which the car is to be put at any particular time.
Any feature disclosed herein in relation to one embodiment may be used, if desired, in relation to any other of the disclosed embodiments, wherever appropriate.
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1. An accessory for use in a vehicle, comprising a platform adapted to sit snugly and stably on a front passenger seat in the vehicle, and having formed therein (a) a plurality of partitions which define between them a series of pockets or cavities, which pockets or cavities are shaped to receive within them and hold stably therein respective predetermined articles or groups of articles in predetermined positions, and (b) restraining parts adapted to be engaged by and be restrained by a passenger seat belt associated with that seat, whereby to restrain the platform against inadvertent movement on the vehicle seat.
2. A vehicle accessory according to claim 1, wherein the platform comprises fore and aft portions which are hinged on one another at a common transverse, upper boundary, so as to permit the two portions to be hinged upwardly from the in-line, 'in-use' configuration into a face-to-face, closed 'carrying' configuration, whereby to enclose the contents of the respective pockets and so facilitate the hand-carrying of the platform by the user to and from the vehicle.
3. A vehicle accessory according to claim 2, wherein at least one said portion is provided with a removable plate or other baffle member which may be placed in position on the associated portion whereby to restrain some or all of the articles present in the pockets of that portion against movement when the portion is hinged upwardly to its said
'carrying' position.
4. A vehicle accessory according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the two portions are provided with respective plane flanges which meet and abut one another in the said 'carrying' configuration of the two portions.
5. A vehicle accessory according to claim 4, wherein the flanges are provided with protrusions or indentations at the respective transverse boundaries of the respective portions remote from the hinged boundary so as to serve as finger-grips for enabling the platform when in the closed configuration to be hand-carried in the manner of a suitcase.
6. A vehicle accessory according to any one of the claims 2 to 5, wherein each said portion comprises a thin-walled shell of a rigid or semi-rigid plastics material.
7. A vehicle accessory according to claim 1, wherein the platform comprises (a) a lower shell adapted to fit snugly and stably on the passenger seat, and (b) an upper shell adapted to fit securely on an upper part of the lower shell, and having formed therein said pocket-defining partitions and said restraining parts for engagement by a seat belt.
8. A vehicle accessory according to claim 7, wherein the upper and lower shells define between them a storage space for receiving articles that do not need to be readily accessible.
9. A vehicle accessory according to claim 8, wherein at least one of said pockets is bottomless and opens into the space enclosed between the two shells, whereby to accommodate taller articles standing upright on the base of the lower shell.
10. A vehicle accessory according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the two shells are hingedly connected at a common boundary so as to give access to the space enclosed between the two shells.
11. A vehicle accessory according to any one of the claims 7 to 9, wherein the upper shell comprises a tray disposed within the lower shell and seated on supports formed within the lower shell.
12. A vehicle accessory according to claim 11, wherein a second tray is disposed within the lower shell and removably rests on the first tray.
13. A vehicle accessory according to claim 12, wherein the second tray is slidably carried on the first tray whereby to give access to articles stored below.
14. A vehicle accessory according to any preceding claim, wherein the platform is provided at its forward end with a detachable receptacle.
15. A vehicle accessory according to claim 14, wherein the detachable receptacle is arranged to hang down over the forward end of the passenger seat.
16. A vehicle accessory according to claim 15, wherein the detachable receptacle is arranged to extend down to the vehicle floor.
17. A vehicle accessory according to any one of the claims 14 to 16, wherein the detachable receptacle comprises a rigid box or bin, or a collapsible bag or folder.
18. A vehicle accessory according to any one of the claims 14 to 17, wherein the platform is provided at its forward end with rails protruding forwardly of the platform, for receiving the detachable receptacle thereon.
19. A vehicle accessory according to claim 18, wherein the the rails are slidably mounted in guides formed in one or both shells of the platform, and are capable of movement between extended and retracted positions.
20. A vehicle accessory comprising any novel, inventive and useful combination of features disclosed in this specification, other than a combination included in any preceding claim.
21. A vehicle accessory substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated by any single figure or group of associated figures of the accompanying diagrammatic drawings.
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