Vehicle tool box assembly
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorEric Engerman
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Abstract
A vehicle tool box assembly includes a storage area disposed in a vehicle cargo space and a tool box disposed in the storage area. The tool box includes a body having opposite first and second end walls and an upper surface extending between upper ends of the first and second end walls. A plurality of cut-outs is formed in the upper surface and configured to receive tools. A first lip extends upwardly from the upper surface at the first end wall. A second lip extends upwardly from the upper surface at the second end wall. A cover member is received by the tool box. The cover member includes a first recess received by the first lip and a second recess received by the second lip, thereby substantially preventing movement of the cover member relative to the tool box.
Claims18
A tool box for a vehicle cargo space, comprising:
- a body having a first end wall, a second end wall disposed opposite the first end wall, an upper surface extending between upper ends of the first and second end walls and a lower surface extending between lower ends of the first and second end walls, a first length from the first end wall to the second end wall being greater than a second length between first and second side walls extending between the first and second end walls;
- a plurality of cut-outs formed in the upper surface configured to receive tools;
- a first lip extending upwardly from the upper surface at the first end wall;
- a second lip extending upwardly from the upper surface at the second end wall;
- first and second projections extending downwardly from the lower surface configured to locate to a spare tire disposed in the vehicle cargo space;
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- first and second tabs extending from the first end wall of the body in a direction away from the second end wall, the first and second tabs being configured to substantially maintain a spaced apart relationship with a wall of the vehicle cargo space when the tool box is received by the spare tire such that contact between the first and second tabs and the wall substantially prevents rotational movement of the body.
A vehicle tool box assembly, comprising:
- a storage area disposed in a vehicle cargo space;
- a tool box disposed in the storage area, the tool box including
- a body having a first end wall, a second end wall disposed opposite the first end wall and an upper surface extending between upper ends of the first and second end walls;
- a plurality of cut-outs formed in the upper surface configured to receive tools;
- a first lip extending upwardly from the upper surface at the first end wall;
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- a second lip extending upwardly from the upper surface at the second end wall;
- a cover member received by the tool box, the cover member including a first recess received by the first lip and a second recess received by the second lip, thereby substantially preventing movement of the cover member relative to the tool box;
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- first and second tabs extending from the first end wall of the tool box in a direction away from the second end wall and substantially maintaining a spaced apart relationship with a wall of the storage area such that contact between the first and second tabs and the wall of the storage area substantially prevents rotational movement of the body.
A vehicle tool box assembly, comprising:
- a storage area disposed in a vehicle cargo space;
- a tool box disposed in the storage area, the tool box including
- a body having a first end wall, a second end wall disposed opposite the first end wall and an upper surface extending between upper ends of the first and second end walls;
- a plurality of cut-outs formed in the upper surface configured to receive tools;
- a first lip extending upwardly from the upper surface at the first end wall;
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- a second lip extending upwardly from the upper surface at the second end wall;
- a cover member received by the tool box, the cover member including a first recess received by the first lip and a second recess received by the second lip, thereby substantially preventing movement of the cover member relative to the tool box;
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- at least one recess formed in a wall of the storage area to facilitate gripping the cover member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.