Center console assembly having a ramped locating tab
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsLauren M. Abro, Charan Singh Lota
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Abstract
A center console assembly for a motor vehicle includes a pair of side walls generally parallel and spaced apart from each other; a storage compartment extending between the side walls; and a tray supported on the side walls. A tab extends outwardly from at least one of the side walls and extends into a recess formed in the tray to retain the tray in a retained position to prevent the tray from sliding along the side walls. The tab has a ramped leading surface that facilitates insertion of the tab into the recess as the tray is moved along the side walls toward the retained position.
Claims14
A center console assembly for a motor vehicle, said center console assembly comprising:
- a tray;
- a first side wall, a second side wall and a storage compartment extending between the first side wall and the second side wall, each side wall having a top surface on which the tray is supported;
- and
- a tab extending upwardly from the top surface of the first side wall and extending into a recess in the tray to hold the tray in a retained position and prevent sliding of the tray along the top surfaces of the first side wall and second side wall, the tab having a support surface spaced apart from the top surface of the first side wall, the support surface having opposite trailing and leading ends, the tab have a trailing surface extending between the trailing end of the support surface and the top surface of the first side wall, the tab having a leading surface extending between the leading end of the support surface and the top surface of the first side wall, the leading surface extending at an acute angle relative to the top surface of the first side wall to facilitate insertion of the tab into the recess as the tray is moved along the top surfaces toward the retained position.
A center console assembly for a motor vehicle, said center console assembly comprising:
- a pair of side walls generally parallel and spaced apart from each other;
- a storage compartment extending between the side walls each side wall having a top surface;
- a tray supported on the top surfaces of the pair of side walls;
- and wherein at least one of the side walls includes a tab
- the tab extending into a recess formed in the tray to retain the tray in a retained position to prevent the tray from sliding along the side walls, the tab having a ramped leading surface that facilitates insertion of the tab into the recess as the tray is moved along the side walls toward the retained position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.