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US 9,174,586 B2Granted
Storage compartment apparatus for door of a vehicle
AssigneeNYX, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Michael Bisson
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Abstract
A storage compartment apparatus for a door of a vehicle includes an elongated body that extends along an axis. The elongated body includes impact-absorbing elements arranged along the axis and an axially elongated storage compartment opening at an axial end and coextending with the impact-absorbing elements along the axis.
Claims20
A storage compartment apparatus for a door of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an elongated body extending along an axis and including:
- an axially-extending hinge,
- a series of geometric-shaped hollow impact-absorbing elements arranged along the axis, and
- an axially elongated storage compartment opening at an axial end and coextending with the impact-absorbing elements along the axis.
1 more element
A door panel comprising:
- storage compartment apparatus including an elongated body extending along an axis and including:
- an axially-extending hinge,
- a series of geometric-shaped hollow impact-absorbing elements arranged along the axis, and
- an axially elongated storage compartment opening at an axial end and coextending with the impact-absorbing elements along the axis.
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A storage compartment apparatus for a door of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an elongated body extending along an axis and including first and second sections connected together by an axially-extending hinge, the first and second sections including impact-absorbing elements, the first section defining a first concavity and the second section defining a second concavity, the first and second sections being pivotable about the hinge from an open position to a closed position in which the first and second concavities are in proximity of each other and form an axially elongated storage compartment opening at an axial end and coextending with the impact-absorbing elements along the axis, the first and second sections including, respectively, a latch opening and a latch located opposite the hinge, the latch engaging the latch opening in the closed position and securing the first and second sections together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.