Apparatus, system, and method for vehicle center console lid storage
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJaime N. Moore
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a vehicle include a compartment having an edge surrounding a cavity, a lid pivotally coupled to the compartment, the lid including an inner surface sized to span over the cavity and enclose the compartment, and a retainer sized and configured to removably couple to the inner surface. A plurality of attachment features can be used to selectively couple the retainer to the interior surface of the lid for retaining one or more items at the underside of the lid.
Claims18
An apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a compartment having an edge surrounding a cavity;
- a lid pivotally coupled to the compartment, the lid including (i) an inner surface sized to span over the cavity and at least partially enclose the compartment and (ii) a plurality of lid apertures disposed in the inner surface;
- and
- a retainer sized and configured to removably couple to the inner surface via the plurality of lid apertures, wherein each of the plurality of apertures is configured to receive an attachment feature of the retainer for securing the retainer to the lid, whereby the retainer is selectively repositionable among a plurality of locations on the lid.
A vehicle center console, comprising:
- a compartment having an edge surrounding a cavity;
- a lid pivotally coupled to the compartment, the lid including an inner surface sized to span over the cavity and at least partially enclose the compartment;
- a plurality of lid apertures disposed in the inner surface;
- and
- a retainer sized and configured to removably couple to the inner surface via the plurality of lid apertures, wherein each of the plurality of lid apertures is configured to receive an attachment feature of the retainer, whereby the retainer is selectively repositionable among a plurality of locations on the lid.
A method comprising:
- removably coupling a retainer to an inner surface of a center console lid via a plurality of apertures disposed in the lid, wherein each of the plurality of lid apertures is configured to receive an attachment feature of the retainer, whereby the retainer is selectively repositionable among a plurality of locations on the lid;
- opening the center console lid to expose an opening in the retainer removably coupled to the center console lid, the retainer defining a receptacle for receiving one or more items;
- closing the center console lid;
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- blocking the opening in the retainer with an interior surface of the center console to contain the one or more items within the retainer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.