# US 7,407,212 B2 · Storage structure in vehicle compartment

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- Number: US 7,407,212 B2
- Document ID: US7407212B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/653,801
- Filed: 2007-01-16
- Published: 2007-08-02
- Granted: 2008-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2006-01-19
- Assignees: Suzuki Motor Corporation
- Inventors: Hiroshi Kataoka; Yoshiharu Kawamata
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7407212B2

## CPC

- B60R 7/06: mounted on or below dashboards
- B60R 5/02: arranged at front of vehicle {(B60R5/003 takes precedence)}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

In a storage structure in a vehicle compartment, in which a drawer-type tray (1) is provided in an instrument panel (10), a storage section (18) is provided on the lower surface of the tray (1). The tray (1) is preferably provided slidably in a ceiling portion (41) of a glove box (4) so as to be drawn out, whereby the article storage section (18) is housed in the storage space (40) of the glove box (4) when the drawer-type tray (1) is stored in the ceiling portion (41).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A storage structure of an instrument panel in a vehicle compartment, the storage structure comprising:
a glove box having a ceiling portion;
a drawer-type tray provided slidably in the ceiling portion of the glove box, the drawer-type tray having an article storage section provided on a lower surface of the drawer-type tray, wherein the article storage section includes an article insertion port facing the vehicle compartment; and
a storage space of the glove box under the article storage section.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The storage structure in a vehicle compartment according to claim 1, wherein the article storage section has a flat pocket shape corresponding to a shape of a booklet-form article, and is provided in a far side portion of the lower surface of the drawer-type tray and the article insertion port is recessed from a near end of the drawer-type tray with a predetermined distance so as to store the booklet-form article in a partially exposed state through the article insertion port on a lower side of the drawer-type tray.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The storage structure in a vehicle compartment according to claim 2, wherein the article insertion port is provided with a locking means which can lock the booklet-form article stored in a partially exposed state through the article insertion port.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The storage structure in a vehicle compartment according claim 1, wherein the drawer-type tray is supported slidably so as to be drawn out along an arcuate slide path thereby a flat upper surface thereof is arranged horizontally in a drawn out position and is tilted to the far side in a stored position; and an inner bottom surface of the article storage section has an arcuate cross section curved along said slide path.