Arm rest trash compartment
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsLea Thomas Smith, Thomas Sundberg, Jochen Kohlhofer
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Abstract
The present application relates to an arm rest trash compartment. An arm rest assembly includes an arm rest body having an A-surface with a trash cavity defined therethrough; and a trash compartment corresponding to the trash cavity. The trash compartment includes a movable member releasably secured at the A-surface, and a flexible member which forms the trash cavity. The trash compartment has a stored position and an extended position, where, in the stored position, the movable member is flush with the A-surface, and in the extended position, at least a portion of the flexible member is positioned below the A-surface such that a trash cavity volume in the extended position is greater than a trash cavity volume in the stored position.
Claims20
An arm rest assembly, comprising:
- an arm rest body comprising an A-surface with an opening defined therethrough;
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- a trash compartment including a movable member releasably secured within the opening at the A-surface, and a flexible member configured to form a trash cavity, wherein the trash compartment is configured to move between a stored position and an extended position,
- wherein the movable member is secured to a bottom of the flexible member such that, in the stored position, the movable member is flush with the A-surface, and in the extended position, at least a portion of the flexible member and the movable member are positioned below the A-surface such that a trash cavity volume in the extended position is greater than a trash cavity volume in the stored position.
An arm rest assembly, comprising:
- an arm rest body comprising an A-surface with an opening defined therethrough;
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- a trash compartment including a movable member releasably secured within the opening at the A-surface, and a flexible member configured to form a trash cavity, wherein the trash compartment is configured to move between a stored position and an extended position, wherein the movable member is secured to a bottom of the flexible member such that, in the stored position, the movable member is flush with the A-surface, and in the extended position, at least a portion of the flexible member and the movable member are positioned below the A-surface to increase a volume of the trash cavity;
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- a cupholder panel attached to the arm rest body, wherein the cupholder panel comprises a storage position concealing the trash compartment, and a deployed position revealing the trash compartment.
An arm rest assembly, comprising:
- an arm rest body with an A-surface, wherein the arm rest body comprises a trash compartment storage cavity defined therein;
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- a trash compartment housed in the trash compartment storage cavity in a compartment storage position, and extending from a distal end of the arm rest body in a deployed position, the trash compartment including a frame, a movable member releasably secured with the arm rest body, and a flexible member connected to the frame, the flexible member defining a trash cavity, wherein the trash compartment is configured to move between a stored position and an extended position, wherein the movable member is secured to a bottom of the flexible member such that, in the stored position, the movable member is stored flush with the A-surface, and in the extended position, at least a portion of the flexible member and the moveable member are positioned lower than the arm rest body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.