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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1985
Mark D Lemp, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Colt Industries Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An automotive compartment cover assembly, for use in covering a compartment such as, for example, the windowed rear compartment of a hatchback or a station wagon type automotive vehicle, has in effect, a variable length elongated hollow cylindrical roller about which is rolled a flexible cover sheet member; at least one compression spring serves to provide a longitudinal resilient force in order to axially accommodate and provide for the variable length of the roller; at least one pre-stressed coiled retractor spring is provided for producing a rotational tension or force on the cover sheet member in a manner whereby such tension or force does not increase linearly as the cover sheet member is being extended from the roller.