Cooler for a vehicle
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorsMatthew McCormick, Samuel Cates, Vishnu Jayamohan, Andrew Molnar
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle storage area and a cooler. The vehicle storage area has a floor panel. The cooler is removably stowed in the storage area at a position underneath the floor panel. The cooler has a base defined by a front wall, a rear wall and a pair of sidewalls. The front wall has a vehicle forward facing surface. The rear wall has a vehicle rearward facing surface. The pair of sidewalls connect the front and rear walls. The cooler further has a lid that is pivotable with respect to the base at a location that is rearward of the vehicle forward facing surface.
Claims19
A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle storage area having a floor panel;
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- a cooler removably stowed in the storage area at a position underneath the floor panel, the cooler having a base defined by a front wall having a vehicle forward facing surface, a rear wall having a vehicle rearward facing surface and a pair of sidewalls connecting the front and rear walls, the cooler further having a lid with a pivot point located inward of an outermost edge of the base, a first sidewall of the pair of sidewalls including a first top surface with a first opening that leads to a first receptacle having a depression on the first sidewall, the second sidewall of the pair of sidewalls including a second top surface with a second opening that leads to a second receptacle having a depression on the second sidewall,
- the cooler further including a first handle pivotally disposed in the first receptacle and a second handle pivotally disposed in the second receptacle,
- the cooler further comprising a pair of hinge pins received by a pair of openings in interior facing surfaces of the sidewalls, the lid rotating about the hinge pins and each of the openings having a shape that corresponds to a shape of the hinge pins, and
- the rear wall including a raised portion that is received in a recessed portion of the lid, the raised portion being raised from a remaining portion of the rear wall.
A cooler for a vehicle, comprising:
- a base having a cooler storage area defined by a front wall having a vehicle forward facing surface, a rear wall having a vehicle rearward facing surface and a pair of sidewalls connecting the front and rear walls, a first sidewall of the pair of sidewalls including a first top surface with a first opening that leads to a first receptacle having a depression on the first sidewall, the second sidewall of the pair of sidewalls including a second top surface with a second opening that leads to a second receptacle having a depression on the second sidewall;
- a first handle pivotally disposed in the first receptacle;
- a second handle pivotally disposed in the second receptacle;
- a lid with a pivot point located inward of an outermost edge of the base;
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- a pair of hinge pins received by a pair of openings in interior facing surfaces of the sidewalls, the lid rotating about the hinge pins and each of the openings having a shape that corresponds to a shape of the hinge pins,
- the rear wall including a raised portion that is received in a recessed portion of the lid, the raised portion being raised from a remaining portion of the rear wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.