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US 11,897,429 B2Granted
Interior delivery box
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorsTimothy Jon Meador, Marie Ledger, Jessica Uelmen, Anthony Galliano, III, Arun A. Mathews, Pratik Palnitkar
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Abstract
There is disclosed herein examples of a vehicle container unit that may be mounted within a vehicle. The vehicle container unit may be mounted to a seat of a vehicle and may include space for transporting items within the vehicle container unit. The vehicle container unit may mount to the seat via an anchor system of the seat.
Claims20
A vehicle container unit for a vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle container comprising:
- an enclosure having inner walls that enclose a space for carrying items;
- a door rotatable around a first hinge to open and close the enclosure about the space;
- a divider element in the space having a wall, the wall having a first end coupled to a top inner wall of the inner walls via a second hinge, a second end facing the door when the door closes the enclosure, a third end opposite of the first end, and a fourth end opposite of the second end, wherein;
- the divider element rotates about the second hinge between two or more different positions, the two or more different positions comprising (1) a first position of the divider element corresponding to the wall positioned horizontally against the top inner wall, and (2) a second position of the divider element corresponding to the wall subdividing the space vertically into a first space and a second space within the enclosure;
- the divider element includes a handle located at a corner of formed by the second end and the third end of the wall, the handle being coupled to the wall via a third hinge at the second end of the wall;
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- the handle being rotatable about the third hinge to be in (1) a first position of the handle away from the wall allowing a user to rotate the divider element from the first position to the second position, and (2) a second position of the handle positioned against the wall and within the first space when the divider element is in the second position of the divider element;
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- a first surface, the first surface being parallel to a plane of contact of the vehicle with a surface on which the vehicle is located when the vehicle container is installed in a seating area of a passenger seat of the vehicle;
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- a base to mate with a seating area of the passenger seat of the vehicle, the base comprising a second surface to abut the first surface of the vehicle container.
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A vehicle container for a vehicle, comprising:
- an enclosure having inner walls that enclose a space for carrying items;
- a door to enclose the space and to expose the space, coupled to the enclosure via a first hinge;
- a divider element within the space having a wall, the wall having a first end coupled to a top inner wall of the inner walls via a second hinge, a second end facing the door when the door encloses the space, a third end opposite of the first end, and a fourth end opposite of the second end, wherein;
- the divider element rotates about the second hinge between two or more different positions, comprising (1) a first position of the divider element corresponding to the wall positioned horizontally against the top inner wall, and (2) a second position of the divider element corresponding to the wall subdividing the space vertically into a first space and a second space within the enclosure;
- the divider element includes a handle located at a corner formed by the second end and the third end of the wall;
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- the handle being rotatable about the second end to be in (1) a first position of the handle corresponding to the handle extending perpendicularly from the wall, and (2) a second position of the handle corresponding to the handle abutting the wall and within the first space when the divider element is in the second position of the divider element;
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- a first surface, the first surface being parallel to a plane of contact of the vehicle with a surface on which the vehicle is located when the vehicle container is installed in a seating area of a passenger seat of the vehicle.
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A vehicle container for a vehicle, comprising:
- an enclosure having inner walls that enclose a space for carrying items;
- a door to enclose the space and to expose the space, coupled to the enclosure via a first hinge;
- a divider element in the space having a wall, the wall having a first end coupled to a top inner wall of the inner walls via a second hinge, a second end facing the door when the door encloses the space, and a third end opposite of the first end, and a fourth end opposite of the second end facing the inner walls of the enclosure, wherein;
- the divider element rotates about the second hinge between two or more different positions comprising (1) a first position of the divider element corresponding to the wall positioned horizontally against the top inner wall, and (2) a second position of the divider element corresponding to the wall subdividing the space vertically into a first space and a second space within the enclosure;
- the two or more different positions of the divider element are maintained by magnetic forces;
- the divider element includes a handle located at a corner of formed by the second end and the third end of the wall;
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- the handle being rotatable about the second end of the wall to be in (1) a first position of the handle corresponding to the handle being positioned away from the wall, and (2) a second position of the handle corresponding to the handle positioned flat against the wall and within the first space when the divider element is in the second position of the divider element;
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- a base to mate with a seating area of a passenger seat of the vehicle, the base comprising a top surface to abut a bottom surface of the vehicle container;
- wherein the enclosure, the door, and the base are made from a condensable material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.