Engine cover console
AssigneePrince Corporation
InventorWilliam J. Fluharty
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Abstract
A console housing is adapted to cooperate with and be secured to an existing engine cover and includes a bifold table which can be extended from the housing to a use position or retracted within a recess in the housing for storage. The table of the preferred embodiment includes a pair of panels pivotally joined to one another with one of the panels defining a cover and having one edge pivotally coupled to the lower portion of the housing and the remaining panel defining the table and having an end which is latchably and releasably supported by an upper portion of the housing.
Claims21
A console for a vehicle, said console comprising:
- a housing having a generally horizontal upper portion and a gernerally vertical lower protion with said lower portion including a recess formed therein;
- a retractable and extendable table and means for pivotally mounting said table to said housing for storage within said recess, said table comprising a pair of panels of said panels pivotally coupled to said first panel and defining a table surface when said panels are pivoted to an open position wherein said first panel is pivotally coupled at a lower end portion to said housing;
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- means for securing an edge of said second panel to an edge of said housing adjacent said recess for holding said second panel in a generally horizontal position for use of the table.
A console for mounting to a vehicle engine cover, said console comprising:
- a housing having a generally horizontally extending upper portion and a generally vertically extending lower portion with said lower portion including a recess formed therein said housing further including sidewalls having an edge configurated to correspond to the shape of an engine cover for a vehicle for attachment to the engine cover;
- a retractable and extendable bifold table pivotally mounted to said housing for storage within said recess, said table comprising a pair of panels with one of said panels defining a cover and pivotally coupled at a lower portion thereof to said housing, and other of said panels pivotally coupled to said one panel and defining a table surface when said panels are pivoted to an open position;
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- means for securing an edge of said other panel to an edge of said housing adjacent said recess for holding said table defining panel in the generally horizontal position for use of the table.
The apparatus as defined in claim 16 wherein said one and other panels are pivotally mounted to each other to hold to a position overlying and parallel with each other for storage.
A housing and engine cover defining a console for mounting within a van-type vehicle to provide a cover for the vehicle engine and storage room, said console comprising:
- an engine cover for positioning over an engine which extends within the vehicle interior;
- a housing having a generally horizontal upper portion and a generally vertical lower portion with said lower portion including a recess formed therein;
- a retractable and extendable table pivotally mounted to said housing for storage within said recess, said table comprising a pair of panels with one of said panels defining a cover and pivotally coupled at a lower portion thereof to said housing, and other of said panels pivotally coupled to said one panel and defining a table surface when said panels are pivoted to an open position;
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- means for securing an edge of said second panel to an edge of said housing adjacent said recess for holding said table defining panel in the generally horizontal position for use of the table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.