DEVICE FOR FASTENING A CATCH NET IN A VEHICLE

Abstract

A device is provided for fastening a catch net (9) to secure a load in a vehicle in a motor vehicle with a loading region (3) that is substantially open to a passenger region (4). Fastening eyes (10, 11, 12, 13) for the secured fastening of the catch net (9) are integrated in the supporting structure in the upper region of the seat backrest (5) and/or of a neck rest (6, 7).

Claims

1. A device for fastening a catch net for securing a load in a motor vehicle with a loading region that is substantially open to a passenger region, comprising: fastening eyes integrated in a supporting structure in the upper region of the seat backrest and/or of a neck rest for secured fastening of the catch net.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the fastening eyes are fastenable directly to the supporting structure of the seat backrest and/or of a neck rest by welding or screwing.

3. The of claim 1, wherein the catch net is secured directly in the fastening eyes by mounting hooks.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the catch net is held on a locking rod that extends substantially over an entire width of the loading region and has formations on both side ends, for the fastening in the fastening eyes.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one fastening eye is arranged on an outer side of the seat backrest or of the neck rest.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the fastening eyes is arranged on a side of the seat backrest or of the neck rests that faces the loading region.

7. The device as of claim 1, wherein at least one of the fastening eye is arranged on the inner, mutually facing side in the upper edge region of the seat backrest or on the neck rests.

8. The device of claim 4, further comprising a securing attachment arranged in the vertical direction of the vehicle on the locking rod holding the catch net.

9. The device of claim 8, further comprising a catch rod arranged substantially parallel to the locking rod and defining the securing attachment.

10. The device of claim 8, further comprising catch elements integrated in a free area between the locking rod and the securing attachment.

11. The device of claim 9, further comprising a net covering defining the catch elements in the free area between locking rod and securing attachment.

12. The device of claim 11, further comprising covering panels that cover the fastening eyes in a non-used state.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the covering panels are arranged on the fastening eye to be pivoted out of the covering position into the release position of the fastening eyes.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the covering panel is spring biased toward the covering position.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the invention with a fastening eye for a catch net, the fastening eye being arranged on the outer side of a neck rest integrated in a seat backrest.

[0022] FIG. 2 shows an arrangement of the fastening eyes on the mutually facing inner sides of the neck rests integrated in a seat backrest for a catch net according to the invention.

[0023] FIG. 3 shows the arrangement of the fastening eyes on that side of the neck rests that faces the loading region.

[0024] FIG. 4 shows the arrangement of the fastening eyes on a rear side of neck rests with a catch net held by a locking rod and with a securing attachment attached to the locking rod.

[0025] FIG. 5 shows an embodiment according to FIG. 4 with a pivotable covering panel for the fastening eye and with catch elements integrated in the free area between locking rod and securing attachment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] FIG. 1 is a perspective view from obliquely at the rear into the interior space of a coupe-type vehicle. The D pillar of the coupe is denoted by 1 and the roof of the coupe by 2. The loading region 3 is separated from the passenger region 4 by the seat backrest 5 which is continuous in this embodiment. Neck rests 6 and 7 are arranged integrated in the seat backrest 5. As described above, because of the corresponding regulations, requirements or standards, the seat backrest 5 and neck rests 6 and 7 have to be structurally configured in a manner to catch and retain parts moving from the loading region 3 toward the passenger region 4 even in the event of extreme driving maneuvers and in the case of the loadings that occur in accidents. In addition and in particular for protecting uncovered free regions between loading region 3 and passenger region 4, restraint devices, such as catch nets, can be arranged in the region between the loading region 3 and passenger region 4. The example illustrated in FIG. 1 has a catch net 9 suspended on a locking rod 8. Fastening eyes 10 are arranged on the outer sides of the neck rests 6 and 7i.e. those sides in the vehicle that face the D pillars 1. The fastening eyes 10 are fastened in a secured manner to the supporting structure of the neck rests 6 and 7 for example by welding, screwing or a similar stable connection, and therefore the resilience in the event of loading meets similar requirements to those imposed on the neck rest itself. The locking rod 8 with its corresponding configurations at the respective ends can be mounted in a secured manner into the outer fastening eyes 10. The catch net 9 attached to the locking rod 8 can be secured in the lower region of the vehicle (in the loading region or in the foot well) in a manner braced with corresponding hooks or the like.

[0027] FIG. 2 shows an alternative refinement of the subject matter of the invention. For simplification, the same reference signs are used for the same objects in all of the figures of the drawing. The loading region 3 in FIG. 2 is separated from the passenger region 4 by a seat backrest 5. The backrest 5 is formed over substantially the entire width of the loading region or of the vehicle according to FIG. 1, and neck rests 6 and 7 of FIG. 1 are integrated with the backrest 5. However, in the embodiment of FIG. 2, the fastening eyes 11 and 12 are not integrated on the outer side in the neck rests 6 and 7, but rather on the mutually facing inner sides thereof. With the distance kept correspondingly short between the upper edge of the neck rests 6 and 7 and the roof region 2 of the coupe roof and with a correspondingly small distance between the outer side of the neck rests 6 and 7 and the body wall or the window region, such an arrangement of the restraint device is completely adequate. The locking rod 8 is in turn latched in the fastening eyes 6 and 7, as already described with reference to FIG. 1, via the corresponding configuration of the end regions, with the catch net 9 attached to said locking rod.

[0028] FIG. 3 shows a further alternative for arranging the fastening eyes for attaching a catch net on the rear side of a seat backrest. The seat backrest 5 also is of continuous design in this embodiment and has an integrated neck rest 6. The fastening eye 13 is integrated in the rear surface of the supporting structure of neck rest 6 and hence faces the loading region, as shown in FIG. 3. Everything else in this embodiment substantially corresponds to that described above with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The locking rod 8 with the catch net 9 suspended thereon is latched in the manner secured via the corresponding design of its ends in the fastening eyes 13 in the neck rests on both sides of the vehicle. In the lower region (loading region or foot region in the passenger compartment), the catch net 9 is braced via hooks 14 and 15 attached to the seat backrest 5 or in the bottom region of loading region 3 or foot well.

[0029] The fastening eyes 10, 11, 12, 13 are arranged in the upper region of seat backrest 5 or neck rests 6 and 7 in such a manner that a protective function of the passenger region in relation to the loading region can be achieved via the catch net 9 secured therein, supported by the locking rod 8.

[0030] In the event that the locking rod 8 or the upper region of the catch net 9 is arranged at a low level in the direction of the vehicle roof, the locking rod 8 holding the catch net 9 can be provided with a securing attachment 16 in the vertical direction of the vehicle. The securing attachment 16 can be arranged as a catch rod running substantially parallel to the locking rod 8 and can be formed over the entire width of the vehicle or of the locking rod 8. It is preferably arranged at such a distance from the locking rod 8 that, as a result, as flat a covering as possible can be achieved in the separating region between loading region 3 and passenger region 4.

[0031] Catch elements 17 can be integrated in the free space (see FIG. 5) between the locking rod 8 and the securing attachment 16. Instead of bar-shaped catch elements 17 (see FIG. 5), it is conceivable to provide a net or materially similar covering between locking rod 8 and securing attachment 16.

[0032] The fastening eye 13 of FIG. 5 is arranged on the rear side of the neck rest 6 facing the loading region 3 and is covered in the unused state by a covering panel 19 that is pivotable laterally at pivot point 18. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, after removal of the locking rod 8 out of its secured position at the fastening eye 13, the covering panel 19 automatically pivots via the pivot point 5, arranged laterally at the top, into a position completely covering the fastening eye 13.

[0033] However, other forms or arrangements displacing the covering panel 19 out of its covering position, for example counter to the action of a spring, also is conceivable. The same applies to all of the arrangements of the fastening eyes.

[0034] The locking rod 8 can be a cavity, for example a tube, in a manner know to accommodate the catch net 9 wound up therein. The catch net 9 can then be extended into the functional position, for example under prestress of a spring; when not in use, it automatically rolls up again in the cavity of the locking rod 8 by means of this spring action.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0035] 1 D pillar

[0036] 2 coupe roof

[0037] 3 loading region

[0038] 4 passenger region

[0039] 5 seat backrest

[0040] 6 neck rest

[0041] 7 neck rest

[0042] 8 locking rod

[0043] 9 catch net

[0044] 10-13 fastening eye

[0045] 14 hook

[0046] 15 hook

[0047] 16 securing attachment

[0048] 17 catch element

[0049] 18 pivot point

[0050] 19 covering panel