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US 2015/0144671 A1Published application
Motor vehicle seat/console-supported handbag barrier
AssigneeSterling Capital Services, Inc.
InventorCatherine L. Seifert
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Abstract
A barrier apparatus (“car cache' for purses” or “handbag hammock”) has a substrate sized to approximately traverse a space between a pair of front seats and slightly behind a front center console of a motor vehicle. Straps attached to corners of the barrier apparatus are attachable respectively to an upper portion of each front seat and to the console, holding the barrier in place to receive a purse/handbag or similar small article.
Claims9
A barrier apparatus, comprising:
- a substrate laterally sized to approximately traverse a space between a pair of front seats and vertically sized to form a relaxed portion in contact with and bulging slightly behind a console of a motor vehicle to receive and cradle a rearward portion of an article placed on the console;
- a first pair of straps attached at one end to a first lateral side of an upper portion of the substrate and having a second end attachable to one of the pair of front seats;
- a second pair of straps attached at one end to a second lateral side of the upper portion of the substrate and having a second end attachable to another of the pair of front seats;
- a third pair of straps attached respectively at one end to the first lateral side and second lateral side of a lower portion of the substrate;
- a cinch fastener to tighten the third pair of straps and to adjustably draw a bottom edge of the substrate into close proximity to the console;
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- wherein another end of each of the first, second and third pairs of straps terminate in male and female buckle portions respectively.
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A barrier apparatus, comprising:
- a substrate sized to approximately traverse a space between a pair of front seats and vertically sized to form a relaxed portion in contact with and bulging slightly behind a console of a motor vehicle to receive and cradle a rearward portion of an article placed on the console;
- at least one first strap attached at one end to a first lateral side of an upper portion of the substrate and having a second end attachable to one of the pair of front seats;
- at least one second strap attached at one end to a second lateral side of the upper portion of the substrate and having a second end attachable to another of the pair of front seats;
- at least one strap attachable to each bottom lateral side of the substrate and to a console of the vehicle that is positioned between the pair of front seats;
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- a cinch fastener attached to the at least one strap for adjustably draw a bottom edge of the substrate into close proximity to the console.
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A method of stowing a handbag in a vehicle for driver accessibility, the method comprising:
- attaching each top lateral side of a substrate to a respective front passenger seat of a vehicle;
- attaching each bottom lateral side of the substrate to a console that is between the two front passenger seats;
- and
- positioning a handbag on the console with an aft portion cradled by the substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.