Vehicle center console assembly

A vehicle center console assembly comprising:

• a main body structure defining a storage compartment having a first tray supporting portion;
• a lid attached to the main body structure for pivoting movement such that the lid moves from a closed orientation completely covering the storage compartment and an open orientation exposing the storage compartment, the lid having a second tray supporting portion;
• and
• a tray having a cargo receiving area and a pair of projections that extend from opposite sides of the tray, the tray being movable and removable to and from each of the following:
• a first orientation in which the pair of projections are supported by the first tray supporting portion within the storage compartment, a second orientation in which the pair of projections are slidably installed to the second tray supporting portion for the pivoting movement with the lid, and a third orientation in which the tray is completely removed and separated from both the main body and the lid, the second tray supporting portion including two brackets, each bracket having a lid attachment surface that fixes the brackets to an underside surface of the lid and a tray supporting surface that is spaced apart from the underside surface in order to receive a corresponding one of the pair of projection of the tray.

A vehicle center console assembly comprising:

• a main body structure defining a storage compartment having a first tray supporting portion;
• a lid attached to the main body structure for pivoting movement such that the lid moves from a closed orientation completely covering the storage compartment and an open orientation exposing the storage compartment, the lid having a second tray supporting portion;
• and
• a tray having a cargo receiving area and a pair of projections that extend from opposite sides of the tray, the tray being movable and removeable to and from each of the following:
• a first orientation in which the pair of projections are slidably supported by the first tray supporting portion within the storage compartment for sliding movement along the first tray supporting portion, a second orientation in which the pair of projections are slidably installed to the second tray supporting portion for the pivoting movement with the lid, and a third orientation in which the tray is completely removed and separated from both the main body and the lid, such that
• in the first orientation the tray is supported by the first tray supporting portion for sliding movement between forward and rearward locations along the first tray supporting portions,
• in the second orientation the tray is retained by the second tray supporting portion, and is slidably removable from the second tray supporting portion, and
• in the third orientation the tray is removed from the main body structure, the first tray supporting portion and removed from the second tray supporting portion.