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US 6,854,779 B2Granted
Driver-accessible storage compartments for passenger vehicles
AssigneeCollins & Aikman Products Co.
InventorsThomas F. J. Gehring, Ireneusz Jankowski, Dejan Havidic
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Abstract
A driver-accessible storage drawer is slidably mounted to an instrument panel and is movable within a cavity of the instrument panel between closed and open positions. The storage drawer comprises a floor, a front wall, a rear wall opposite the front wall, and side walls that extend between the front and rear walls in spaced-apart relationship to define a storage compartment for receiving items therein. A tray having one or more receptacles therein is slidably secured to the storage drawer and is movable between a hidden position within the instrument panel cavity and an exposed position when the storage drawer is in an open position.
Claims48
A vehicle instrument panel, comprising:
- a storage drawer slidably mounted to the instrument panel and movable within a cavity of the instrument panel between closed and open positions, wherein the drawer comprises a floor, a front wall, a rear wall opposite the front wall, and side walls that extend between the front and rear walls in spaced-apart relationship to define a storage compartment for receiving items therein;
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- a tray slidably secured to the storage drawer and movable between a hidden position within the instrument panel cavity and en exposed position when the storage drawer is in an open position, wherein the tray comprises one or more receptacles for receiving items therein, and wherein the tray is operably connected to the storage drawer such that movement of the storage drawer from the closed position to a partially open position causes the tray to move to the exposed position.
A vehicle instrument panel, comprising:
- a storage drawer slidably mounted to the instrument panel and movable within a cavity of the instrument panel between closed and open positions, wherein the drawer comprises a floor, a front wall, a rear wall opposite the front wall, and side walls that extend between the front and rear walls in spaced-apart relationship to define a storage compartment for receiving items therein;
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- a tray slidably secured to the storage drawer and movable between a bidden position within the instrument panel cavity and an exposed position, wherein the tray comprises one or more receptacles for receiving items therein, wherein the tray is selectively connected to the storage drawer via a user-activatable actuator such that movement of the storage drawer from the closed position to a partially open position causes the tray to move to the exposed position.
A vehicle instrument panel, comprising:
- a storage drawer slidably mounted to the instrument panel and movable within a cavity of the instrument panel between closed and open positions, wherein the drawer comprises a floor, a front wall, a rear wail opposite the front wall, and side walls that extend between the front and rear walls in spaced-apart relationship to define a storage compartment for receiving items therein;
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- a tray secured to the storage drawer adjacent the front wall, wherein the tray comprises one or more receptacles for receiving items therein;
- wherein the storage drawer front wall comprises an upper portion that pivots outwardly to expose the tray.
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A vehicle instrument panel, comprising:
- a storage drawer slidably mounted to the instrument panel and movable within a cavity of the instrument panel between closed and open positions, wherein the drawer comprises a floor, a front wall, a rear wall opposite the front wall, and side walls that extend between the front and rear walls in spaced-apart relationship to define a storage compartment for receiving items therein, wherein the side walls have respective upper edge portions;
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- a tray slidably secured to the upper edge portions of the side walls and movable between a hidden position within the instrument panel cavity and an exposed position when the storage drawer is in an open position, wherein the tray comprises one or more receptacles for receiving items therein.
A vehicle instrument panel, comprising:
- a storage drawer slidably mounted to the instrument panel and movable within a cavity of the instrument panel between closed and open positions, wherein the drawer comprises a floor, a front wall, a rear wall opposite the front wall, and side walls that extend between the front and rear walls in spaced-apart relationship to define a storage compartment for receiving items therein, wherein the side walls have respective upper edge portions;
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- a tray removably and slidably secured to the storage drawer and movable between a hidden position within the instrument panel cavity and an exposed position when the storage drawer is in an open position wherein the tray comprises one or more receptacles for receiving items therein.
A vehicle instrument panel, comprising:
- a storage drawer slidably mounted to the instrument panel and movable within a cavity of the instrument panel between closed and open positions, wherein the drawer comprises a floor, a front wall, a rear wall opposite the front wall, and side walls that extend between the front and rear walls in spaced-apart relationship to define a storage compartment for receiving items therein;
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- a tray removably and slidably secured to the storage drawer and movable between a hidden position within the instrument panel cavity and an exposed position when the storage drawer is in an open position, wherein the tray comprises one or more receptacles for receiving items therein, and wherein the tray can be removed from the storage drawer by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.