1) Field of the Invention
The invention herein relates to an automobile interior removable installation frame that provides for installation at a suitable place in the interior of any model automobile on vertical surfaces, horizontal surfaces, and small inwardly or outwardly inclined flat surfaces and is utilized for the mounting of accessories frequently utilized in automobiles such as beverage holders, ashtrays, scenting agents, LCD screens, and so on, with the said mounted accessory removable for storage or carrying outside the automobile
2) Description of the Prior Art
Beverage holders, ashtrays, scenting agents, LCD screens, and other similar accessories have long been installed and utilized in automobiles. However, since the design of the purpose-built installation frames for them must be of different shapes, dimensions, and arrangements based on different model automobiles to provide for installation at two specific places in certain automobiles, installation and usage is not very convenient, and especially inconvenient because they cannot be dismantled after installation to facilitate removal for storage or carrying outside the automobile.
In recent years, although manufacturers have introduced automobile interior accessory installation frames, they are limited to one or two models of automobiles and at two specific places such that frequently used automobile interior accessories can only be accommodated in one or two kinds of automobiles because there is no standard installation for the many types of accessories frequently used in automobiles and, at stated, they cannot be removed for storage or carried outside the automobile and thus installation and usage is quite inconvenient.
To solve the installation and utilization problems of typical prior art and contemporary automobile interior accessory installation frames, the invention herein features an automobile interior accessory installation frame that is designed to be installed as desired at suitable places in the interior of various automobiles on vertical surfaces, horizontal surfaces, and small inwardly or outwardly inclined flat surfaces and utilized for the mounting of accessories frequently utilized in automobiles such as beverage holders, ashtrays, scenting agents, LCD screens, and many other automobile interior items, and the said mounted accessory is conveniently removable for storage or carrying outside the automobile. The present invention is comprised of a mounting base, an accessory platform, a tang, a locating ring, a lock ring, and a fixing bolt, wherein:
The said mounting base consists a rectangular block having a flat surface along one side, with the said block having a minimum of two more horizontally oriented holes into which screws are inserted for fastening and installation to a suitable place in the interior of an automobile; the flat surface has a shallow recess with a square area of approximately 80 to 90 percent that of the said flat surface such that when the said fastening and installation by means of screws is not possible, the said shallow recess accommodates the placement of a double-sided adhesive plate that directly enables fastening and installation by means of adhesion at a suitable place in the interior of an automobile; along the lateral extent of the said block, a rectangular tunnel penetrates the inner portion of the said block and an opening contiguous to the said tunnel is disposed in the lateral extent of the said flat surface that provides for the insertion of the tang as well as facilitates its removal and detachment.
The said accessory platform is a rectangular planar body having two projecting tabs extending downward from one lateral edge which constitutes the platform body; the upper lateral plane of the said planar body consists of a flat surface and, furthermore, a minimum of two or two pairs or more passages or holes disposed in the said planar body to admit screws for fastening and installing frequently utilized automobile interior accessories onto the said planar body, and the said planar body flat surface has a shallow recess with a square area of approximately 80 to 90 percent that of the said flat surface such that when the said fastening and installation of the frequently utilized automobile interior accessories by means of screws is not possible, the said shallow recess accommodates the placement of a double-sided adhesive plate that directly enables the fastening and installation of the said frequently utilized automobile interior accessories by means of adhesion onto the said planar body; the said two projecting tabs each consist of a common axial center, horizontally oriented hole respectively disposed through them and, furthermore, a nut is embedded in the outer side of the hole in one projecting tab and a receiving pit is respectively formed along the inner and outer side of the hole in the other projecting tab, and minimum of two or more curved, horizontally oriented slots are formed on the plate between the said two receiving pits that enable the respective placement of the locating ring and the lock ring at the said two receiving pits.
The said tang consists of a transverse rod tube, a rectangular plate, the planar body of which extends from its lower end, and crowned serrate teeth are died at one end of the said rod tube that enmesh with the locating ring; an opening is centrally disposed in the said rectangular plate and, furthermore, an elastic element having a pawl at the terminus of its two surfaces and which is contiguous to the upper edge of the said opening extends over the middle of the said opening with the lower end suspended such that when the said rectangular plate is inserted into the rectangular tunnel of the mounting base block, the pawl on one surface of the said elastic element engages the opening of the said block and is secured into position.
The said locating ring is of a washer-type annular body having crowned serrate teeth died on one surface that correspond to the crowned serrate teeth at one end of the tang rod tube, thereby enabling enmeshment with it; curved projecting elements emerge from the other surface which correspond to the horizontally oriented slots on the plate between the said two receiving pits, and the length of the said curved projecting elements is at minimum 0.5 mm or more larger (longer) than the thickness of the plate between the said two receiving pits, thereby enabling the said curved projecting element to reach and extend into the outer side of the receiving pit.
The said lock ring is a liner tube-like annular body of molded plastic construction or lathed construction that is nested in the receiving pit at the outer side of the other accessory platform projecting tab such that it is against the curved projecting element of the said locating ring and capable of pushing and thereby shifting the said lock ring inward, and causing the crowned serrate teeth on it to firmly and stably enmesh the crowned serrate teeth on the tang rod tube.
The said fixing bolt is a threaded rod having a wing nut at one extremity that is fastened between the two projecting tabs of the said accessory platform and utilized to secure the tang, the locating ring, and the lock ring to the said accessory platform and thereby conjoin them into single structural entity.
The said locating ring and lock ring are first respectively nested in the receiving pits at the inner and outer side of the other projecting tab of the accessory platform, following which the tang rod tube is placed between the two projecting tabs, the fixing bolt is then sequentially inserted through the said lock ring, locating ring, and the tang rod tube from the outer side of the said other projecting tab and fastened into the nut on the outer side of the said accessory platform projecting tab to secure the said tang between the two projecting tabs of the said accessory platform, and finally the said tang rectangular plate is inserted into the said mounting base rectangular tunnel, enabling the pawl of the elastic element on the said rectangular plate to engage and become positioned in the opening on the lateral surface of the said mounting base, thereby completing the assembly of the automobile interior removable installation frame of the invention herein.
The said mounting base is installed by means of screws or the double-sided adhesive plate onto a vertical surface, a horizontal surface, or on a small inwardly or outwardly inclined flat surface at a suitable place in the interior of an automobile; next, comes the attachment of the frequently utilized accessory such as a beverage holder, an ashtray, a scenting agent, LCD screen, or other accessory which is screw fastened and adhesively bonded to the said accessory platform planar body; and following the attachment, the tang on the said accessory platform is inserted into the rectangular tunnel on the mounting base block and therein positioned to complete the installation, the installation tasks of which are quite simple and rapid; it is only necessary to manually loosen the fixing bolt to simply and rapidly adjust the forward or rearward angle of the installed beverage holder, ashtray, or other frequently utilized automobile interior accessory. When the automobile is not used and the occupants have gotten off, the owner or user can detach the said accessory platform and tang along with the said installed frequently utilized automobile interior accessory for removal and storage or carry it outside the automobile to prevent theft of articles left inside the vehicle.
In addition to the said approach of the automobile interior removable installation frame of the invention herein, wherein the mounting base is positioned and installed at a suitable place in the interior of an automobile, and after the frequently utilized vehicle interior accessory is positioned and installed on the surface of the accessory platform rectangular planar body or circular planar body, the tang on it is inserted into the said mounting base, the present invention can be modified such that the said accessory platform planar body is screw fastened or adhesively bonded and thus installed in the automobile interior and after changing the positioning and installation of the frequently utilized automobile interior accessory on the said mounting base, then the insertion of the tang up to the said accessory platform identically completes the installation and usage procedure; and the said frequently utilized automobile interior accessory attached to the accessory platform is then detached along with the said accessory platform for removal and storage or carried outside the automobile
The shape of the accessory platform of the automobile interior removable installation frame of the invention herein matches the external shape of the installed accessory. When screw fastening or adhesively bonding and thereby installing a round or oval, polygonal, and other geometrically circular ashtray, the accessory platform is a circular planar body or an oval, polygonal, and other geometrically rounded planar body, the downward extending two projecting tabs constituting the base entity that enables the positioning and installation of the said round, oval, or polygonal, and other geometrically rounded ashtray or other automobile interior frequently utilized accessory and, furthermore, there is a harmonious overall appearance after installing the said ashtray or other frequently utilized automobile interior accessory on the automobile interior removable installation frame of the invention herein; additionally, the installation, positioning, and adjustment method of other sections constituting the arrangement is totally the same as the said embodiments and thus no further elaboration is provided. At the same time, during production, the said accessory platform circular planar body or the oval, polygonal, and other geometrically rounded planar body is molded as a single structural entity to save much of the molding and fitting costs.
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To assemble the automobile interior removable installation frame of the invention herein, the said locating ring 4 and lock ring 5 are first respectively nested in the receiving pits 27a and 27b at the inner and outer side of the other projecting tab 22 of the accessory platform 2, following which the tang 3 rod tube 31 is placed between the two projecting tabs 21 and 22, the fixing bolt 6 is then sequentially inserted through the said lock ring 5, locating ring 4, and the tang 3 rod tube 31 from the outer side of the said other projecting tab 22 and fastened into the nut 62 on the outer side of the said accessory platform 2 projecting tab 21 (as shown in
When the said automobile interior removable installation frame of the invention herein is installed, one finger (typically the thumb or the index finger) must be utilized to press down the elastic element 35 at the center of the tang 3 rectangular plate 32 through the mounting base 1 opening 15 area, thereby releasing the pawl 36 from engagement with the upper edge of the said opening 15 and allowing the detachment of the said mounting base 1 for fastening and installation it by means of screws (not shown in the drawings) or the double-sided adhesive plate 7 onto a vertical surface 101 or a horizontal surface 102 (as shown in
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Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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093210785 | Jul 2004 | TW | national |