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US 6,681,969 B1Granted
Container assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsLouis Albert Giedeman, III, David James Hoffman
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Abstract
A removable vehicular container assembly is provided that may be selectively secured upon a seat by the use of existing and standardized securing members. Container assembly may be utilized to securely maintain within the vehicle: various food and beverage containers, audio cassettes and compact discs, personal computing devices, and video gaming systems.
Claims5
A container assembly for use with a seat of a vehicle having at least one attachment member, said container assembly comprising:
- a containment portion;
- and
- at least one clamping member comprising a resilient material having a pliant memory, which clamping member is attached to said containment portion and has a slotted engagement channel, said slotted engagement channel having an attachment member reception end and an opening end which is smaller than said attachment member reception end, wherein said opening end cooperates with said attachment member reception end to retain a unique one of said at least one attachment member and wherein said resilient material having a pliant memory enables said clamping member to yield to said attachment member as said attachment member is forced through said opening end and said opening end to narrow by memory as said attachment member is forced beyond said opening end into said attachment member reception end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.