Trunk, cargo area, and truck bed storage press

摘要

An adjustable cargo storage press for organizing and securing cargo items stored in a cargo storage area of an automobile. The adjustable cargo storage press is disposed within or integrated with a cargo area of an automotive vehicle such as a trunk, bed or bed liner of a car, truck, or sport utility vehicle. The press prevents movement of cargo items and potential damage to the cargo items during transport. The press also maintains the position of the cargo items for easy removal from the cargo storage area. The press includes one or more hinged walls that lock in a vertical position and move towards each other along guide tracks. The one or more hinged walls compress the cargo items between the hinged walls, and fold flat when not in use so as not to limit cargo storage capacity of the cargo storage area.

主权项

1. An adjustable cargo storage press, for use in a vehicle, comprising:
a guide track; and a hinged-wall arrangement in communication by way of a connector arrangement with the guide track, the hinged-wall arrangement comprising:
a hinged wall; anda hinge attached to the hinged wall, wherein the hinge allows the hinged wall to pivot between a horizontal position, in which the hinged wall is flat against or substantially flush with a cargo load floor of the vehicle, and a vertical position; wherein the press is configured so that, in operation, the hinged-wall arrangement moves along the guide track to compress, when the hinged wall is in the vertical position, a cargo item between the hinged-wall arrangement and another structure.