Cabinet and table unit for a vehicle

A cabinet-table unit adapted for installation in a vehicle bed space with an exterior access opening and for sliding movement between a stowed position within said space and a use position in which the unit projects partway out of said space through said exterior access opening, comprising:

• a base having first and second end portions;
• slide means between said base and the bed of the vehicle, mounting said unit for sliding movement between its stowed position and use position;
• a first cabinet mounted onto the first end portion of the base, said first cabinet having an access opening facing towards the second end portion of the base;
• a second cabinet hinge connected to the first cabinet, for movement between a first position wherein it is positioned over the second end portion of the base, and a second position in which it is positioned laterally outwardly from the second end portion of the base, said second cabinet having an access opening which faces the same direction as the access opening of the first cabinet when the second cabinet is in its second position;
• a third cabinet which is also hinge connected to the first cabinet, for movement between a first position wherein it is positioned over the second end portion of the base, and a second position in which it is positioned laterally outwardly from the second end portion of the base, said third cabinet having an access opening which, when the third cabinet is in its second position, faces in the same direction as the access opening of the first cabinet;
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• an inner cabinet mounted onto the first end portion of the base, endwise of the first cabinet in the direction opposite the second end portion of the base, said inner cabinet having a side access opening;
• wherein the access openings of the second and third cabinets face each other when the second and third cabinets are in their first positions;
• wherein, when the unit is in its stowed position, the second and third cabinets are in their first positions;
• and when the unit is in its use position, the second end portion of the base and the second and third cabinets are located outside of the bed space of the vehicle, the second and third cabinets are in their second positions, and the access openings of the first, second, and third cabinets face outwardly of the bed space;
• wherein the slide means is offset laterally from the center of the exterior access opening of the bed space to offset the unit and provide access to said side access opening through said exterior access opening when the unit is in its use position by moving the second cabinet into its first position;
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• wherein the second end portion of the base functions as a table when the unit is in its use position.