Safety device for an interior of a motor vehicle and arrangement of a safety device in an interior of a motor vehicle

摘要

Safety device 1 for an interior of a motor vehicle, serving e.g. as a partition between a car boot 101 and a passenger compartment to protect passengers from loads flung around in the boot due to hazard braking or a crash. It is shaped like a trapezoid and has a generally flexible surface, e.g. that of a net 6. It comprises an inner main frame 3 and two wings 4, 5 protruding laterally therefrom. The side wings are pivotable at least in part relative to the main frame about respective pivot axes 7, 8, vertical when the invention is installed in the vehicle. The wing frames may be integral with the main frame and made from a bendable material, so that pivoting occurs by deformation. Alternatively, the wing frames may be made from a flexurally stiff material and comprise hinges aligned with the vertical pivot axes. An arrangement (100, fig. 2) of a safety device inside a motor vehicle is also claimed, wherein its side wings bear against the vehicles side wall panels 103. Preferably the two wings are releasably fastened to the vehicle side walls by appropriate fastening means 11 without needing any tools.