Rotatable and stowable parcel shelf assembly for a motor vehicle

A parcel shelf assembly for a motor vehicle having a passenger compartment, a cargo area, and a vehicle floor, the passenger compartment and the cargo area being at least partially separated by a partition, the parcel shelf assembly comprising:

• a parcel shelf body having a plurality of edges including at least a first edge and a second edge, such that the first edge has a first end and a second end, and wherein the parcel shelf body further includes a plurality of notches disposed along the first edge;
• a first attachment feature configured to directly attach the parcel shelf body to the vehicle along the first edge of the parcel shelf body, such that the first attachment feature attaches the first end of the first edge of the parcel shelf body to the vehicle at a first trim piece and attaches the second end of the first edge of the parcel shelf body to the vehicle at a second trim piece, wherein each of the first trim piece and the second trim piece are disposed in the cargo area of the vehicle;
• wherein the parcel shelf body is disposed in the cargo area and proximate to the partition and is further configured to selectively occupy each of a deployed position and a stowed position, such that the parcel shelf body is rotatable about the first attachment feature in a first direction from the deployed position to the stowed position and the parcel shelf body is rotatable about the first attachment feature in a second direction from the stowed position to the deployed position, and wherein when the parcel shelf body occupies the stowed position, each of the first edge and the second edge of the parcel shelf body is adjacent to the partition, the parcel shelf body is substantially parallel with the partition, and the second edge of the parcel shelf body is positioned between the vehicle floor and the first edge of the parcel shelf body, such that the second edge is disposed closer to the vehicle floor than the first edge of the parcel shelf body;
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• wherein each of the plurality of notches is configured to control the rotation of the parcel shelf body between the deployed position and the stowed position, such that when the parcel shelf body occupies the stowed position the plurality of notches interacts with each of the first trim piece and the second trim piece, such that the interaction between one of the plurality of notches and the first trim piece and another of the plurality of notches and the second trim piece restrains the parcel shelf body from rotating in the first direction from the stowed position into the cargo area.