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US 11,230,174 B2Granted
Luggage storage
AssigneeMcLaren Automotive Limited
InventorAndrew Kay
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Abstract
A vehicle comprising: a passenger compartment; a roof moveable between a first, closed position in which it covers at least part of the passenger compartment and a second, stowed position in which it does not cover the passenger compartment; and a floor located so as to face the underside of the roof when the roof is in the stowed position, the floor being adapted to define a luggage space between it and the roof when the roof is in the stowed position.
Claims16
A vehicle comprising:
- a passenger compartment;
- a roof moveable between a first, closed position in which it covers at least part of the passenger compartment and a second, stowed position in which it does not cover the passenger compartment;
- a floor located so as to face the underside of the roof when the roof is in the stowed position, the floor being adapted to define a luggage space between it and the roof when the roof is in the stowed position, the floor defining a recess for at least partially receiving an article of luggage, the recess having laterally directed walls for restraining an article of luggage at least partially received in the recess against lateral motion with respect to the vehicle;
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- a restraint extending rigidly upwards from the floor for engaging an item of luggage received in the luggage space to thereby restrain the item of luggage against lateral motion with respect to the vehicle, the restraint comprising a laterally extending wall for engaging an item of luggage received in the luggage space to restrain the item of luggage against vertical motion with respect to the vehicle.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a passenger compartment;
- a roof moveable between a first, closed position in which it covers at least part of the passenger compartment and a second, stowed position in which it does not cover the passenger compartment;
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- a floor located so as to face the underside of the roof when the roof is in the stowed position, the floor being adapted to define a luggage space between it and the roof when the roof is in the stowed position, the floor defining a recess for at least partially receiving an article of luggage, the recess having laterally directed walls for restraining an article of luggage at least partially received in the recess against lateral motion with respect to the vehicle;
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- wherein the vehicle is a mid-engined or rear-engined automobile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.