Storage bin for use in a vehicle
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorRajesh Shet
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Abstract
A storage bin assembly (1) comprises a storage bin (2) and a retainer (3). The storage bin is retained by the retainer and is movable in relation to the retainer. The storage bin comprises a first guiding pin (5) arranged at, and protruding from a first bin side wall (2a) in a width direction of the storage bin assembly. The retainer comprises a first guiding track (4) arranged in a first retainer side wall (3a). The first guiding pin is slidably arranged in the first guiding track (4). The first guiding pin (5) is arranged to move in the width direction when moving the storage bin between a first position with the first guiding pin located at a first end (4′) of the first guiding track and a second position with the first guiding pin located at a second end (4″) of the first guiding track.
Claims15
A storage bin assembly for use in a vehicle, the storage bin assembly comprising:
- a storage bin comprising first and second bin side walls, the storage bin comprising a first guiding pin arranged at, and protruding from the first bin side wall in a width direction of the storage bin assembly,
- a retainer comprising at least a first retainer side wall arranged parallel to the first bin side wall, the retainer comprising a first guiding track arranged in the first retainer side wall, wherein:
- the storage bin is retained by the retainer and movable in relation to the retainer, the storage bin is connected to the retainer by the first guiding pin being inserted into the first guiding track, the first guiding pin being slidably arranged in the first guiding track, whereby the storage bin is movable in relation to the retainer between a first position with the first guiding pin located at a first end of the first guiding track and a second position with the first guiding pin located at a second end of the first guiding track;
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- the first guiding pin is arranged to move in the width direction of the storage bin assembly when moving the storage bin between the first position and the second position.
A vehicle comprising a storage bin assembly, the storage bin assembly comprising:
- a storage bin comprising first and second bin side walls, the storage bin comprising a first guiding pin arranged at, and protruding from the first bin side wall in a width direction of the storage bin assembly,
- a retainer comprising at least a first retainer side wall arranged parallel to the first bin side wall, the retainer comprising a first guiding track arranged in the first retainer side wall, wherein:
- the storage bin is retained by the retainer and movable in relation to the retainer, the storage bin is connected to the retainer by the first guiding pin being inserted into the first guiding track, the first guiding pin being slidably arranged in the first guiding track, whereby the storage bin is movable in relation to the retainer between a first position with the first guiding pin located at a first end of the first guiding track and a second position with the first guiding pin located at a second end of the first guiding track;
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- the first guiding pin is arranged to move in the width direction of the storage bin assembly when moving the storage bin between the first position and the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.