The invention is a system for covering a luggage compartment having two lateral supports and a front panel pivotably connected to the supports, A rear panel is also pivotably connected to the lateral supports A carriage is slidably mounted on a longitudinal guide rail rigidly connected to a first of the supports. Two cable sections each having an end associated, respectively, with either side of the carriage, and being kept permanently tensioned along a longitudinal axis is also included with a wheel actuated by a motor. The wheel is rigidly connected to the sections in order to allow one or the other, as desired, to be pulled in a longitudinal direction, in order to move the carriage forwards or backwards in order to move the panels to allow access to the compartment or to cover it.

A locking device for a covering member to provide sealing in storage, cargo, and other personal applications is disclosed. The locking device comprises a pipe member having predetermined length is configured to have a transverse opening. The covering member is slidably attached to a bead insert positioned inside the pipe member via the transverse opening, wherein the covering member is configured to securely wrap the contents of a storage space. The locking device is configured to enable a climate controlled environment for the wrapped contents of the storage space. A locking assembly and method of using the same is also disclosed.

Protective device for an interior section of a vehicle, including a housing accommodating a bearing shaft for a windable structure which at least partially covers the interior section. Outer face ends of two housing side parts are each fixable in a vehicle-fixed holder, wherein at least one of the housing side parts is movable relative to a housing central part axially in relation to a housing longitudinal axis between a release position and a locking position. The at least one housing side part is movable by a spring force from the release position to the locking position. The at least one housing side part is associated with a damping device configured such that, during a movement of the housing side part by spring force, the damping device exerts a damping force on the housing side part counteracting the spring force.

Winding device for a protection device in an interior compartment of a vehicle having a winding shaft for windably storing a flexible planar structure. The winding shaft is rotatably supported in a supporting structure mounted fixedly to the vehicle. The winding shaft is rotatably mounted at a front end region by a bearing body on a support axle which extends co-axially to the rotational axis of said shaft and is fixedly connected to the supporting structure. The support axle extends toward a center of the winding shaft beyond the bearing body, the bearing body is axially slidably mounted on the support axle, and a position-securing sleeve is provided on the support axle and supported on the bearing body in an axially positively locking fashion and also on a radially thickened portion of the support axle.

A vehicle trunk includes a panel having a leg protruding past a perimeter thereof and a trunk floor defining a recess and cavity. The leg occupies a first portion of the cavity to secure the panel perpendicular to the floor, and a second portion of the cavity different from the first to secure the panel flush within the recess such that the panel is disposed over unoccupied portions of the cavity.

Methods and apparatus are provided for adjusting the cargo area of a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a support structure having a track system. The track system includes a first track portion defining a first cargo floor position, a second track portion defining a second cargo floor position and a third track portion defining a cargo floor storage position. A tambour cargo deck is supported by the track system, and movable from the first or second cargo floor position to the cargo floor storage position, and movable from the cargo floor storage position to the first or second cargo floor position. In this way, the cargo area can be increased or decreased as desired. The method comprises sliding the tambour cargo deck from the first cargo floor position to the storage position and sliding the tambour cargo deck from the storage position to the second cargo floor position.

A tonneau cover for a vehicle storage area includes a retractable screen that extends from a housing to define extended and retracted positions. A handle assembly is coupled to an outer edge of the retractable screen and has an expandable base that defines a collapsed position proximate the retractable screen and an expanded position that defines a storage volume.

Protection device for a vehicle luggage compartment including an accommodation structure, and a winding shaft on which a flexible planar structure is held. The planar structure has a pull-out profile on an end region, and on each of its opposite face sides is connected to a respective entrainer guided for linear movement in a guiding section extending in the longitudinal direction of the luggage compartment of a guiding track fixed to the luggage compartment. The accommodation structure is displaceable in the vertical direction of the luggage compartment, and each guiding track includes a deflection portion and a displacement section extending in the vertical direction of the luggage compartment, along which the entrainer is deflectable and movable in the vertical direction. The accommodation structure includes a coupling device, by which the accommodation structure is displaceable in height together with the entrainer in response to a position of the entrainer.

A cargo screen assembly for opening or closing an upper portion of a cargo space defined between a rear seat and a back door of a vehicle, the cargo screen assembly may include a cargo screen rail mounting groove formed horizontally in a rear surface of the rear seat of the vehicle, a plurality of side trims protruding rearward from respective opposite end portions of the rear surface of the rear seat, and a plurality of cargo screen rails configured to be inserted into the respective side trims or the cargo screen rail mounting groove.

A tonneau cover assembly that selectively covers a truck bed of a truck is provided. The tonneau cover assembly includes a cover and a longitudinally extending rail located adjacent a sidewall of the truck bed. The longitudinally extending rail includes an attachment member. The attachment member extends longitudinally along with the rail and at least a portion of the attachment member is located over a portion of the bed. The cover includes a stiffener located adjacent the attachment member of the longitudinally extending rail.