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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:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Torsten Westphal, Wittingen, DE;
Bernhard Bendfeldt, Cremlingen, DE;
Gustav Hofmann, Braunschweig, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 3713 ; 296 3715 ; 296 378 ;
Abstract
In the particular embodiments described in the specification, a door providing a closure for an opening in a vehicle has an interior trim part which is connected by fasteners to the door frame and is formed with a trough covered with elastic netting to provide a storage compartment. The netting is supported by an upper rim member in the form of a flat flexible rod which also provides a pull handle for the door and, to absorb the pulling force, the rim member is fixed to the trim part at one end and is movably mounted through a spring at the other end.