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US 4,537,439 AGranted
Ash tray assembly of vehicle
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorSyuichi Otani
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Abstract
An ash tray of the drawer type is movably installed in an instrument panel of an automotive vehicle. The ash tray in its right position functions to receive ash of a cigarette in its ash receiving cavity formed on its right side, and can take its reverse position upon being turned upside down so as to disable it from receiving cigarette ash while enabling to store articles at an article storing section formed on its reverse side, so that the ash tray becomes useful even for a nonsmoker.
Claims10
An ash tray assembly of a vehicle, comprising:
- an ash tray of a drawer type, formed with an ash receiving cavity on a first side thereof and having a first position in which said ash receiving cavity opens upward to function to receive ash therein;
- an installation section in which said ash tray is slidably movably supported in said first position, said installation section being formed in a vehicle body;
- means defining an article storing section on a reverse side of said ash tray which side is opposite the first side;
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- means for supporting said ash tray on said installation section in an inverted position in which said ash receiving cavity opens downward to disable said ash receiving cavity from receiving the ash while enabling said article storing section to store articles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.