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US 10,703,247 B2Granted
Trash handling system for a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAngela Belen Vazquez Juarez, Sergio Federico Ramirez Gutierrez
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for conveniently and efficiently handling trash generated during operation of a motor vehicle. That apparatus includes a housing having a receiver, a trash receptacle held in the receiver and a retention feature carried on the housing. The retention feature is displaceable between a first position and a second position whereby the apparatus may be secured in a pocket of a trim panel of the motor vehicle.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing including a receiver;
- a trash receptacle held in said receiver;
- a retention feature carried on said housing, said retention feature being displaceable between a first position and a second position wherein said retention feature includes a first leg, a second leg and a first biasing element biasing said first leg and said second leg toward said second position;
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- an actuator carried on said housing, said actuator being displaceable between a leg engaging position and a leg releasing position.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing including a receiver;
- a trash receptacle held in the receiver;
- a trim panel within a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, said trim panel including a pocket holding said housing;
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- a retention feature carried on said housing, said retention feature being displaceable between a retracted position adapted for inserting and removing said housing and an extended position adapted for engaging walls of said pocket and securing said housing in said pocket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.