Vehicle Boot Closing Panel With Integrated Coat Hanger Storage
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hanger hanging devices in motor vehicles occupy space, are poorly placed, and require separate hangers, leading to user inconvenience and reduced visibility.
Innovation Solution
A closing panel for a motor vehicle trunk with an integrated storage and hanging device, featuring through holes and a hook bar accessible from the visible face, allowing a garment support to be stored and hung centrally, minimizing space usage and ensuring easy access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a simple hook or rack is used to hang garments in the trunk, then garment hanging is enabled, but the device occupies a relatively large part of the volume of the trunk
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the garment hanging device directly into the closing panel structure by incorporating through-holes and a hook bar into the panel itself, merging the hanging function with the existing panel rather than adding a separate rack or hook assembly that would occupy additional trunk volume
Solution Approach 2:
The closing panel serves multiple functions: it acts as the trunk closure structure and simultaneously provides garment hanging capability through its integrated through-holes and hook bar, eliminating the need for separate dedicated hanging devices
2Adaptability or versatility
If hanger hanging devices are fixed near side grab handles or to the roof in the passenger compartment, then garment hanging is enabled, but they are poorly placed and can bother occupants
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the garment hanging function from the passenger compartment (where it would interfere with occupants) and relocates it to the closing panel in the trunk area, extracting the hanging capability from the problematic location and placing it where it will not bother passengers
3Adaptability or versatility
If a rack with support members and clothing bars is secured to the tailgate, then garment hanging is enabled, but the parts occupy a relatively large part of the volume of the trunk
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using separate support members and clothing bars that form a bulky rack assembly, the patent merges all hanging functionality into the closing panel itself through integrated through-holes and a hook bar, eliminating the need for additional structural components that would occupy trunk volume
Data Source
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
AI summary
Closing panel for a trunk (6) of a motor vehicle, configured to open from bottom to top, comprising an interior trim panel (1) which comprises at least one device for storing and hanging a garment support (5), comprising at least one bar (51) and a suspension hook (50), and said device comprising a hanging element (20) receiving said garment support (5) comprising at least two through holes (201, 202) of said trim panel communicating with each other, and at least one hanging bar (203) located between the two through holes (201, 202) and accessible from said visible face of the trim panel, said holes (201, 202) and said hanging bar (203) being configured to hang the hook (50) of the garment support (5) thereon, and at least one holding tab (21, 22) receiving said at least one bar (51) of the clothing support (5) in storage..