Storage container
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsNicholas Earl Merkel, Roy Thorsell
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AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsNicholas Earl Merkel, Roy Thorsell
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A storage container having a pivotable door pivotable between an open and closed position is provided. The storage container includes a housing configured to hold the pivotable door and a biasing member operable to bias the pivotable door between the open and closed position. A mount is disposed on the pivotable door. The mount includes a loading member. The biasing member is operatively connected to the mount. The biasing member is configured to engage the loading member so as to retain the biasing member in a fixed position with respect to the pivotable door prior to assembling the pivotable door to the housing. A method for installing or assembling a storage container having a pivotable door is also provided.
A storage container having a pivotable door pivotable between an open and closed position, the storage container comprising:
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A method of assembling a storage container, the storage container having a housing, a pivotable door pivotably disposed within the housing, the pivotable door having a first front wall spaced apart a first back wall, and a pair of side walls spaced apart from each other and extending between the first front and first back walls, the pivotable door pivotable between an open position and a closed position, a mount, and a biasing member mounted to the mount and operatively connected to the pivotable door and configured to urge the pivotable door into the open position, the housing configured to hold the pivotable door, the method comprising the steps of:
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