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US 4,733,901 AGranted
Vehicle body structure with a rear luggage compartment
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshihito Okuyama
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Abstract
A vehicle body structure with a rear luggage compartment is disclosed. The vehicle includes an armrest associated with the seat and movable into and out of a preset position, and a member movable together with the armrest. The member blocks and unblocks an opening when the armrest moves into and out of the preset position respectively. The opening allows access to the luggage compartment when the opening is unblocked.
Claims23
A vehicle body with an interior luggage compartment comprising:
- (a) a seat arrangement including a pair of rear seats having a clearance providing an opening, said clearance and opening extending between lowermost and uppermost portions of said seats, said clearance separating said seats;
- (b) an armrest associated with said seat arrangement;
- (c) a console member;
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- (d) a member movably connected to said console member and movable together with said armrest into and out of said opening, said armrest and said member substantially filling and unfilling said clearance when said armrest and said member move into and out of said opening, respectively, said opening allowing access to the luggage compartment when said clearance is unfilled.
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A structure for a seat arrangement of a vehicle comprising:
- means defining a space of an interior of the vehicle;
- a seat arrangement located at a rear part of the vehicle, said seat arrangement having a clearance between uppermost and lower most portions thereof defining an opening which allows access to said space;
- a console member;
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- a member movably connected to said console member and movable into and out of said opening, said member substantially filling said clearance and forming an armrest for said seat arrangement when said member is disposed in said opening, said member allowing access to the interior space through said opening when said member moves out of said opening.
2 more elements
A vehicle body structure comprising:
- means defining a luggage compartment;
- means defining an opening to allow access to said luggage compartment;
- a console box disposed forwardly of said means defining an opening;
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- a member movably connected to said console box, said member substantially filling and unfilling a clearance extending between uppermost and lowermost portions of said means defining an opening when said member moves into and out of a preset position, respectively.
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A motor vehicle body comprising:
- front seats;
- two rear seats separated by a clearance extending therebetween, each seat comprising a seat cushion and seat back;
- a luggage compartment located behind said rear seats;
- an access opening allowing access to said luggage compartment and having first and second portions, said first portion comprising a portion of the clearance extending between said seat backs and said second portion comprising a portion of the clearance extending between said seat cushions;
- a console box disposed in front of said rear seats;
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- a member movably connected to said console box and movable into and out of said access opening, said member comprising an armrest portion and a back portion, said back portion substantially filling and unfilling said first portion of said opening while said armrest portion substantially fills and unfills said second portion of said opening, respectively, when said member moves into and out of said access opening, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.