Vehicle console

A vehicle console for mounting within a vehicle occupant compartment, comprising:

• a housing having a lower mounting end for mounting the console which has an upwardly projecting shape extending upwardly from the lower mounting end;
• the upwardly extending shape of the console having front and rear ends as well as an upper compartment for receiving a video unit having a screen;
• an upper compartment closure having a rear end including a connection for mounting thereof on the rear end of the housing for movement of the upper compartment closure between open and closed positions;
• the upper compartment closure having a front end including a latch for selectively securing the upper compartment closure in the closed position;
• the rear end of the upper compartment closure having an opening through which the screen of the video unit can be viewed with the upper compartment closure in the closed position;
• the upper compartment having mounting portions for mounting the video unit in an inclined orientation such that the video unit is restrained from inertial movement by the connection of the rear end of the upper compartment closure upon abrupt vehicle deceleration without excessively loading the latch;
• the housing including a pair of housing members having a longitudinal junction extending vertically between the front and rear ends of the housing;
• each housing member having an associated one of said mounting portions;
• the housing having an upper floor that defines the floor of the upper compartment and constitutes another one of said mounting portions;
• the rear end of the housing including a rear wall having an upper end that has another one of said mounting portions;
• the rear end of the upper compartment closure including an upper horizontally extending portion having opposite lateral sides;
• the rear end of the upper compartment closure including a pair of legs that respectively extend from the opposite lateral sides of the horizontally extending portion to the connection thereof to the housing;
• the horizontally extending portion of the rear end of the upper compartment closure and the legs thereof cooperating to define the opening through which the screen of the video unit can be viewed;
• the housing including a lower floor that defines the upper confines of a lower compartment within the lower mounting end of the housing;
• the housing having a rear opening through which an operating unit is received by the lower compartment to operate the video unit;
• the housing further including a vertical wall extending upwardly from the lower floor intermediate the front and rear ends of the housing;
• and the lower floor and vertical wall having connections to each of the housing members to provide securement thereof to each other.