# US 10,479,424 B2 · Tool storage device used in a vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,424 B2 - Document ID: US10479424B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/683,843 - Filed: 2017-08-23 - Published: 2018-03-01 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-29 - Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Teruki Ono - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479424B2 ## CPC - B62D 43/10: and arranged substantially horizontally - B60R 11/06: for tools or spare parts (for vehicle roof parts B60J7/20; for spare wheels B62D) - B60R 2011/0036: {Luggage compartment} - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tool storage device according to claim 1, wherein the first member and the second member are fit together. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The tool storage device according to claim 1, wherein the first member includes a lower portion that stores the tools therein and an upper portion having a projected portion having a flange shape and projecting outward from the upper portion, the second member has an insertion hole through which the lower portion of the first member is received, and the lower portion of the first member is mounted in the insertion hole of the second member from an upper side such that the projected portion overlaps a hole edge portion of the second member adjacent the insertion hole. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The tool storage device according to claim 1, wherein the first material is foamed resin and the second material is non-foamed resin. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The tool storage device according to claim 1, wherein the first member includes a lower portion that is configured to store the tools therein, the lower portion has a bottom surface that is configured to be opposite to a bottom surface of a wheel recess of the spare tire disposed below the vehicle floor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The tool storage device according to claim 1, 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, and 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. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The tool storage device according to claim 6, wherein the projected portion extends around a periphery of the upper portion of the first member and the hole edge portion of the second member extends around the insertion hole. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The tool storage device according to claim 6, wherein the upper portion of the first member has an upper surface, the plate portion of the second member has an upper surface, and the upper surface of the first member and the upper surface of the second member are substantially on a same level. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The tool storage device according to claim 1, wherein the second member is configured to extend outwardly beyond the opening of the storage recess. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The tool storage device according to claim 1, wherein when the tool storage device is used with the vehicle floor of the vehicle, the first and second member are configured to be liftable together to expose the spare tire disposed below the vehicle floor within the opening of the storage recess. ### Claim 11 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The tool storage device according to claim 11, wherein the projected portion has an outer peripheral edge surface that is opposite the inclined wall portion and inclined along the inclined wall portion.