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US 10,479,424 B2Granted
Tool storage device used in a vehicle
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTeruki Ono
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Abstract
A tool storage device used in a vehicle includes a first member storing tools and made of a first material, and a second member receiving the first member to be arranged below a vehicle floor and having a plate shape extending along a floor surface of the vehicle floor, the second member made of a second material different from the first material.
Claims12
A tool storage device configured for use with a vehicle floor of a vehicle comprising:
- a first member configured to store tools and made of a first material;
- and
- a second member receiving the first member to be arranged below the vehicle floor and having a plate shape configured to extend along a floor surface of the vehicle floor, the second member made of a second material different from the first material, wherein
- when a spare tire is disposed below the vehicle floor within an opening of a storage recess of the vehicle, the second member is configured to be opposite to a tire main body of the spare tire.
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A tool storage device configured for use with a vehicle floor of a vehicle comprising:
- a first member configured to store tools and made of a first material;
- and
- a second member receiving the first member to be arranged below the vehicle floor and having a plate shape configured to extend along a floor surface of the vehicle floor, the second member made of a second material different from the first material, wherein
- the first member includes a lower portion that is configured to store the tools therein and an upper portion having a projected portion projecting outward from the upper portion,
- the second member includes a plate portion, an insertion hole extending through the plate portion, and a hole edge portion adjacent the insertion hole,
- the lower portion of the first member is received through the insertion hole of the second member and the projected portion of the first member overlaps the hole edge portion of the second member,
- the hole edge portion includes an inclined wall portion and a flange portion,
- the inclined wall portion extends from an insertion hole-side edge of the plate portion and is inclined downward toward a center of the insertion hole,
- the flange portion extends toward the center of the second member to define the insertion hole from a lower end of the inclined wall portion so as to be parallel to the plate portion, and
- when a spare tire is disposed below the vehicle floor within an opening of a storage recess of the vehicle, the second member is configured to be opposite to a tire main body of the spare tire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.