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US 12,522,148 B2Granted
Integrated holder assembly for a vehicle door
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsEvelyn Pires, Gabriela Betancourt
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Abstract
A vehicle door including a trim panel located on an interior side of the door and a holder assembly coupled to the door trim panel including a ring provided on the trim panel and a rotatable hook pivotally coupled to the ring and rotatable between a stowed position within the ring and an outwardly deployed position to support an object such as a mobility assist device.
Claims18
A vehicle door comprising:
- a trim panel located on an interior side of the door;
- and
- a holder assembly coupled to the door trim panel and comprising:
- a base provided on the trim panel, the base including a ring, an inner ring base, and a ring base support extending forward from the inner ring base with an inclined surface;
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- a rotatable hook pivotally coupled to the base and rotatable between a stowed position within the base and an outwardly deployed position supported on the inclined surface of the ring base support to support an object, wherein the rotatable hook rotates between the stowed position and the outwardly deployed position by an angle in the range of 45 to 75 degrees, and the rotatable hook has a C-shape or U-shape with a pair of terminal ends and a pivot connection provided midway between the pair of terminal ends onto the base such that the pair of terminal ends of the rotatable hook extend outward from the base in an outwardly deployed position, and wherein the terminal ends are free ends configured to hold the object without using connectors.
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A holder assembly for a vehicle door, the holder assembly comprising:
- a base including a ring, an inner ring base, and a ring base support extending forward from the inner ring base with an inclined surface, wherein the ring is configured to be coupled to a trim panel in the vehicle door;
- and
- a rotatable hook pivotally coupled to the ring and rotatable between a stowed position within the ring and an outwardly deployed position supported on the inclined surface of the ring base support to support an object, wherein the rotatable hook rotates between the stowed position and the outwardly deployed position by an angle in the range of 45 to 75 degrees, and the rotatable hook has a C-shape or U-shape with a pair of terminal ends and a pivot connection provided midway between the pair of terminal ends onto the base such that the pair of terminal ends of the rotatable hook extend outward from the base in an outwardly deployed position, and wherein the terminal ends are free ends configured to hold the object without using connectors.
A vehicle comprising:
- a cabin interior;
- a seating arrangement provided in the cabin interior;
- a vehicle door located proximate to the seating arrangement;
- a trim panel located on an interior side of the door;
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- a holder assembly integrated into the door trim panel and comprising:
- a base including a ring, an inner ring base, and a ring base support extending forward from the inner ring base with an inclined surface, wherein the ring is provided in the trim panel;
- and
- a rotatable hook pivotally coupled to the ring and rotatable between a stowed position within the ring and an outwardly deployed position supported on the inclined surface of the ring base support to support an object, wherein the rotatable hook rotates between the stowed position and the outwardly deployed position by an angle in the range of 45 to 75 degrees, and the rotatable hook has a C-shape or U-shape with a pair of terminal ends and a pivot connection provided midway between the pair of terminal ends onto the base such that the pair of terminal ends of the rotatable hook extend outward from the base in an outwardly deployed position, and wherein the terminal ends are free ends configured to hold the object without using connectors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.