METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT COVERING AND LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT COVERING FOR VEHICLES

Abstract

A method for producing a luggage compartment covering for vehicles may provide for a textile fabric having at least one two-component yarn having a first component and a second component. The method may also provide for thermally treating the fabric such that the first component of the two-component yarn at least partially melts while the second component remains in a solid state of aggregation. A luggage compartment covering for vehicles made by the method is also provided.

Claims

1-15. (canceled)

16. A method for producing a luggage compartment covering for vehicles, said method comprising the following method steps: providing a textile structure comprising at least one bicomponent yarn having a first component and a second component, and thermally treating the textile structure such that the first component of the bicomponent yarn melts at least in part, while the second component remains in a solid state of aggregation.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the textile structure has at least one further yarn.

18. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the at least one bicomponent yarn of the textile structure, by fusing the first component, establishes a materially integral connection to a further bicomponent yarn or a further yarn.

19. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein at least the first component of the bicomponent yarn is a low melting point polyester.

20. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein a melting temperature of the first component is lower than a melting temperature of the second component of the at least one bicomponent yarn.

21. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the second component of the bicomponent yarn is a plastic fiber.

22. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the second component of the bicomponent yarn is a polyester fiber.

23. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the second component of the bicomponent yarn is a natural fiber.

24. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the bicomponent yarn is formed from a bicomponent fiber.

25. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the textile structure is a woven fabric having at least one bicomponent yarn processed in the weft direction.

26. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the textile structure is a woven fabric having a bicomponent yarn processed in the warp direction.

27. A luggage compartment covering for vehicles, comprising: a textile structure including at least one bicomponent yarn having a first component and a second component, and wherein the textile structure is made by a process comprising thermally treating the first component of the bicomponent yarn such that the first component melts at least in part, while maintaining the second component in a solid state of aggregation.

28. The luggage compartment covering as claimed in claim 27, further comprising a fastening device configured for attaching the luggage compartment covering to the vehicle.

29. The luggage compartment covering as claimed in claim 27, further comprising: a roll-up device configured for receipt of the luggage compartment covering; and a first fastening device configured for use in rolling up the luggage compartment covering on the roll-up device.

30. The luggage compartment covering as claimed in claim 28, wherein the luggage compartment covering has a second fastening device configured to attach the luggage compartment covering to the vehicle.

Description

FIGURES AND EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

[0020] Before describing design embodiments of the invention in more detail by figures, it is to be noted first that the invention is not limited to the described components or to the described method steps. Furthermore, the terminology used does not represent any limitation but has a merely exemplary characteristic. Insofar as the singular is used hereunder in the description and the claims, the plural is in each case included therein unless this is explicitly precluded by the context.

[0021] The invention hereunder is explained in more detail by an advantageous exemplary embodiment illustrated in the figures. The invention is however not limited to this exemplary embodiment. In the figures:

[0022] FIG. 1: shows a perspective view of a luggage compartment covering according to the invention;

[0023] FIG. 2: shows a plan view of the luggage compartment covering of FIG. 1; and

[0024] FIG. 3: shows a sectional illustration of the luggage compartment covering along the line III-III in FIG. 2.

[0025] A luggage compartment covering 1 according to the invention is shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 shows the luggage compartment covering 1 of FIG. 1 in a plan view. FIG. 3 shows a sectional illustration of the luggage compartment covering 1 along the line III-III in FIG. 2.

[0026] The figures are conjointly described hereunder.

[0027] The luggage compartment covering 1 has a textile planar structure 2. The luggage compartment covering 1 has first fastening means 4 by which the luggage compartment covering 1 is able to be fixed to a luggage compartment wall, for example. The first fastening means 4 can furthermore serve for assembling the luggage compartment covering 1 on a roll-up device, not illustrated.

[0028] The luggage compartment covering 1 has second fastening means 6 by which the luggage compartment covering 1 is able to be fixed to a luggage compartment wall, for example, in particular in the region of a luggage compartment hatch of a vehicle. In order to be manually hooked into or unhooked from a vehicle-proximal mounting for the luggage compartment covering 1, the luggage compartment covering 1 has a handle 8. The handle 8 is preferably is preferably disposed so as to be centric on an edge of the luggage compartment covering 1.

[0029] The luggage compartment covering 1 is preferably produced by a method for producing a luggage compartment covering 1 for vehicles, said method comprising the following method steps:

[0030] providing a textile planar structure 2 comprising at least one bicomponent yarn having a first component and a second component,

[0031] thermally treating the planar structure 2 such that the first component of the bicomponent yarn melts at least in part, while the second component remains in a solid aggregate state.

[0032] The textile planar structure 2 is preferably a woven fabric having a bicomponent yarn processed in the weft direction and a further yarn processed in the warp direction. The bicomponent yarn is preferably a yarn formed from a bicomponent fiber. The bicomponent yarn can however also be formed using a plurality of fibers.

[0033] According to a preferred embodiment, the bicomponent fiber has a core made from a second polyester material and a sheathing made from a low melting point first polyester material. The low melting point first polyester material here has in particular a lower melting temperature in comparison to the second polyester material. The further yarn is preferably made from the second polyester material. The further yarn can likewise be formed by another plastics material or a natural fiber.

[0034] A materially integral connection between the bicomponent yarn, in particular the sheathing of the bicomponent yarn, and the further yarn is generated by the thermal treatment of the planar structure 2 by fusing the first component of the bicomponent yarn at the respective contact points of the bicomponent yarn with the further yarn. In other words, the sheathing of the bicomponent yarn can at least partially be fused with the further yarn and thus establish a connection between the core of the bicomponent yarn and the further yarn.

[0035] The features disclosed in the above description, the claims and the drawings may be relevant individually as well as in combination for implementing the various configurations of the invention.

[0036] Although the invention has been described in detail in the drawings and the account given above, the accounts should be understood as being illustrative and exemplary and non-restrictive. In particular, the selection of the proportions illustrated for the individual elements in the drawings should not be interpreted as being necessary or limiting. Furthermore, the invention is, in particular, not limited to the exemplary embodiments explained. Further variants of the invention and the implementation thereof can be gathered by a person skilled in the art from the above disclosure, the figures and the patent claims.

[0037] Terms such as “comprise”, “have”, “contain” and the like used in the patent claims do not rule out other elements or steps. The use of the indefinite article does not rule out a plurality. An individual device can perform the functions of a plurality of devices or units mentioned in the patent claims.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0038] 1 Luggage compartment covering

[0039] 2 Planar structure

[0040] 4 First fastening means

[0041] 6 Second fastening means

[0042] 8 Handle