Abstract: A package tray assembly for a trunk of a vehicle includes a package tray and a support for supporting the package tray. The support is to be mounted to a body of the vehicle. The support includes a guide portion having a convex top surface. The package tray is to be attached to the support so as to be rotatable round a point located immediately below the guide portion as a center of rotation. The package tray includes a front end portion supported by the support when attached thereto. The front end portion includes a contact portion configured to move back and forth on the convex top surface while tilting at different angles relative to a moving direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 16, 2011
Date of Patent:
January 14, 2014
Assignees:
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Kabushiki Kaisha Takehiro
Inventors:
Satoshi Honda, Koji Toida, Jorge Fialho, Hiromi Takase, Koji Inoue
Abstract: A package tray assembly for a trunk of a vehicle includes a package tray and a support for supporting the package tray. The support is to be mounted to a body of the vehicle. The support includes a guide portion having a convex top surface. The package tray is to be attached to the support so as to be rotatable round a point located immediately below the guide portion as a center of rotation. The package tray includes a front end portion supported by the support when attached thereto. The front end portion includes a contact portion configured to move back and forth on the convex top surface while tilting at different angles relative to a moving direction.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 16, 2011
Publication date:
May 31, 2012
Applicants:
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TAKEHIRO, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventors:
Satoshi HONDA, Koji TOIDA, Jorge FIALHO, Hiromi TAKASE, Koji INOUE