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US 6,854,780 B2Granted
Storage bin
AssigneeInternational Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
InventorTimothy G. Siebert
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Abstract
A storage bin has an upper storage recess defined by a horizontal upper storage-recess floor and upper storage-recess sidewalls. The horizontal upper-storage recess floor defines a cup-holder opening and a cup-holder recess is defined between cup-holder sidewalls of the storage bin that are supported below the cup-holder opening defined by the horizontal upper storage-recess floor.
Claims28
A storage bin, comprising:
- (a) an upper storage recess that is defined by a horizontal upper storage-recess floor and storage-recess sidewalls that extend vertically upwardly adjacent outer edges of said horizontal upper storage-recess floor;
- (b) wherein said horizontal upper storage-recess floor defines a cup-holder opening;
- (c) wherein a cup-holder recess is defined between cup-holder sidewalls that are vertically-extending and are fully or partially cylindrical and/or conical in shape and that are disposed below said cup-holder opening defined by said horizontal upper storage-recess floor;
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- (d) a pair of side rails that are in facing relationship to one another on opposite sides of said upper storage recess, that are disposed substantially parallel to one another, and that are spaced from one another at a rail-to-rail distance with a magnitude of between an information-storage device case standard width and 20% greater than an information-storage device case standard width.
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A vehicle comprising:
- (a) one or more rigid and strong frame structures to which a majority of other components of said vehicle are directly or indirectly engaged and from which a majority of other components of said vehicle derive support directly or indirectly;
- (b) a suspension system that is engaged to and supports said one or more frame structures above the ground and that provides the vehicle with a relatively low resistance to movement along the ground;
- (c) an occupant cabin that is engaged to and supported by said one or more frame structures and within which occupants of said vehicle may reside;
- (d) one or more occupant seats engaged to and supported by a floor of said occupant cabin;
- (e) a storage bin disposed within and engaged to and supported by said occupant cabin;
- (f) wherein said storage bin comprises an upper storage recess that is defined by a horizontal upper storage-recess floor and upper storage-recess sidewalls that extend vertically upwardly adjacent outer edges of said horizontal upper storage-recess floor;
- (g) wherein said horizontal upper storage-recess floor defines a cup-holder opening;
- (h) wherein a cup-holder recess is defined between cup-holder sidewalls that are vertically-extending, that are fully or partially cylindrical and/or conical in shape and that are disposed below said cup-holder opening defined by said horizontal upper storage-recess floor;
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- (i) wherein said storage bin further comprises a pair of side rails that are in facing relationship to one another on opposite sides of said upper storage recess, that are disposed substantially parallel to one another, and that are spaced from one another at a rail-to-rail distance with a magnitude of between an information-storage device case standard width and 20% greater than an information-storage device case standard width.
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A storage bin, comprising:
- (a) an upper storage recess that is defined by a horizontal upper storage-recess floor and storage-recess sidewalls that extend vertically upwardly adjacent outer edges of said horizontal upper storage-recess floor;
- (b) wherein said horizontal upper storage-recess floor defines a cup-holder opening;
- (c) wherein a cup-holder recess is defined between cup-holder sidewalls that are vertically-extending and are fully or partially cylindrical and/or conical in shape and that are disposed below said cup-holder opening defined by said horizontal upper storage-recess floor;
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- (d) wherein said storage-recess sidewalls extend more than one inch above said storage-recess floor.
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A vehicle comprising:
- (a) one or more rigid and strong frame structures to which a majority of other components of said vehicle are directly or indirectly engaged and from which a majority of other components of said vehicle derive support directly or indirectly;
- (b) a suspension system that is engaged to and supports said one or more frame structures above the ground and that provides the vehicle with a relatively low resistance to movement along the ground;
- (c) an occupant cabin that is engaged to and supported by said one or more frame structures and within which occupants of said vehicle may reside;
- (d) one or more occupant seats engaged to and supported by a floor of said occupant cabin;
- (e) a storage bin disposed within and engaged to and supported by said occupant cabin;
- (f) wherein said storage bin comprises an upper storage recess that is defined by a horizontal upper storage-recess floor and upper storage-recess sidewalls that extend vertically upwardly adjacent outer edges of said horizontal upper storage-recess floor;
- (g) wherein said horizontal upper storage-recess floor defines a cup-holder opening;
- (h) wherein a cup-holder recess is defined between cup-holder sidewalls that are vertically-extending, that are fully or partially cylindrical and/or conical in shape and that are disposed below said cup-holder opening defined by said horizontal upper storage-recess floor;
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- (i) wherein said storage-recess sidewalls extend more than one inch above said storage-recess floor.
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A storage bin, comprising:
- (a) an upper storage recess that is defined by a horizontal upper storage-recess floor and storage-recess sidewalls that extend vertically upwardly adjacent outer edges of said horizontal upper storage-recess floor;
- (b) wherein said horizontal upper storage-recess floor defines a cup-holder opening;
- (c) wherein a cup-holder recess is defined between cup-holder sidewalls that are vertically-extending and are fully or partially cylindrical and/or conical in shape and that are disposed below said cup-holder opening defined by said horizontal upper storage-recess floor;
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- (d) wherein said cup-holder sidewalls define a vertically-extending cup-handle slot.
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A vehicle comprising:
- (a) one or more rigid and strong frame structures to which a majority of other components of said vehicle are directly or indirectly engaged and from which a majority of other components of said vehicle derive support directly or indirectly;
- (b) a suspension system that is engaged to and supports said one or more frame structures above the ground and that provides the vehicle with a relatively low resistance to movement along the ground;
- (c) an occupant cabin that is engaged to and supported by said one or more frame structures and within which occupants of said vehicle may reside;
- (d) one or more occupant seats engaged to and supported by a floor of said occupant cabin;
- (e) a storage bin disposed within and engaged to and supported by said occupant cabin;
- (f) wherein said storage bin comprises an upper storage recess that is defined by a horizontal upper storage-recess floor and upper storage-recess sidewalls that extend vertically upwardly adjacent outer edges of said horizontal upper storage-recess floor;
- (g) wherein said horizontal upper storage-recess floor defines a cup-holder opening;
- (h) wherein a cup-holder recess is defined between cup-holder sidewalls that are vertically-extending, that are fully or partially cylindrical and/or conical in shape and that are disposed below said cup-holder opening defined by said horizontal upper storage-recess floor;
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- (i) wherein said cup-holder sidewalls define a vertically-extending cup-handle slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.