Shelving arrangement for a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKendra White, Pattrick Loew
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a cargo area defined by opposing interior sidewalls, each of the sidewalls having a mount formed therein and a shelving arrangement defining a storage receptacle. The arrangement has a rigid top panel with extendable wings configured to engage the mounts to support and suspend the arrangement within the cargo area. The arrangement further has collapsible walls attached with the top panel such that in an expanded position, the storage receptacle is disposed underneath the panel.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a cargo area defined by interior sidewalls each defining a mount;
- and
- a shelving arrangement defining a storage receptacle, including
- a rigid top panel with extendable wings configured to engage the mounts to support and suspend the arrangement within the cargo area,
- a bottom panel;
- and
- collapsible walls attached with the top panel and the bottom panel such that in an expanded position, the storage receptacle is disposed underneath the panel.
A shelving arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
- a rigid top panel having wings configured to engage with mounts coupled to opposing interior walls of a cargo area of the vehicle to support the panel within the cargo area;
- a rigid bottom panel;
- and
- collapsible walls attached with the top panel and the bottom panel such that in an expanded position, the collapsible walls define a storage receptacle disposed on one side of the top panel.
A shelving arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
- a rigid top panel having a hollowed portion formed in an underside thereof for receiving extendable wings in a collapsed position, the wings being slidably coupled to opposing ends of the panel for engaging with opposing interior sidewalls of the vehicle;
- a bottom panel;
- and
- collapsible walls attached with the top panel and the bottom panel such that in an expanded position, a storage receptacle defined by the walls is disposed underneath the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.