Tiltable ashtray or storage bin for motor vehicles, or the like

An ashtray and storage bin assembly comprising:

• a frame fastenable to another object;
• a receiving housing supported in the frame;
• an ashtray insert removably placeable in the receiving housing, the ashtray insert comprising an ash receptacle, clip fasteners on the ash receptacle for separably and removably securing the ash receptacle in the receiving housing;
• a support housing in the receiving housing, support housing first fastening means in the receiving housing for enabling removable emplacement of the support housing in the receiving housing at a side of the ash receptacle;
• a cigarette lighter removably disposed in the support housing, lighter support means in the support housing for receiving and supporting the lighter, whereby the lighter is installable in the support housing and the support housing is installable in the receiving housing;
• a contact assembly in the receiving housing and connectable to an external electrical system, the contact assembly including a contact coupling which is positioned for electrically contacting the cigarette lighter when the cigarette lighter is installed in the support housing in the receiving housing;
• electric illuminating means located in the receiving housing for illuminating the interior of the receiving housing,
• the ash receptacle, the support housing and lighter being removable from the receiving housing to provide space for storage of objects in the receiving housing, while the electric contact assembly being permanently installed in the receiving housing and remaining in the receiving housing upon removal of the ash receptacle, the support housing and the lighter from the receiving housing, the space for storage of objects in the receiving housing being an upwardly open, cup-shaped, uninterrupted space extending from one side of the receiving housing to another side of the receiving housing.