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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2000
Hideya Nakanou, Kariya, JP;
Toshimitsu Watanabe, Kariya, JP;
Toyoda Boshoku Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle luggage compartment structure, facilitating the putting in and taking out of small articles from a tray provided in a luggage compartment, and enabling the luggage compartment to be partitioned by the tray by fixing a box to a floor surface of the luggage compartment. A first protruding portion and a second protruding portion for engagement of the tray are engaged with a first guide groove and a first anchor hole of the box, respectively, to hold the tray in the box. By sliding the first protruding portion for engagement along the first guide groove to pull the tray out to the rear of the vehicle, a top wall of the luggage compartment no longer covers an open top side of the tray, thereby enabling small articles to be easily placed into and taken out from the tray. Moreover, by swinging the first protruding portion for engagement downward along a second guide groove to fix the tray substantially vertically, the luggage compartment can be partitioned by the tray, so that damage to the articles due to moving and the like in the luggage compartment can be prevented.