MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A STOWABLE STORAGE APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A motor vehicle having a cabin, a row of seats mounted in the cabin, a structural component mounted in the cabin and a stowable storage apparatus comprising a first end wall and two side walls, wherein each of the two side walls (a) has a first end and a second end and (b) are fastened at their first ends to the first end wall whereby, when the first end wall is in a deployed position, the first end wall and the two side walls define three sides of an enclosure for storing one or more small objects supported by the structural component wherein a central walkthrough gap is defined between the structural component and the row of seats and, when the stowable storage apparatus is in a deployed state, the first end wall of the stowable storage apparatus is spaced away from the structural component so that the two side walls of the stowable storage apparatus span substantially an entire longitudinal depth of the central walkthrough gap.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle having a stowable storage apparatus is disclosed having a large deployed-to-stowed volume ratio thereby providing a useful carry capacity while being easy to package. The stowable storage apparatus includes a rigid first end wall and two flexible vertically disposed spaced apart side walls. The first end wall and the two side walls define, when the stowable storage apparatus is in a deployed state, three sides of an enclosure for storing one or more small objects.
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- 1. A motor vehicle having a cabin, a row of seats mounted in the cabin, a structural component mounted in the cabin and a stowable storage apparatus comprising a first end wall and two side walls, wherein each of the two side walls (a) has a first end and a second end and (b) are fastened at their first ends to the first end wall whereby, when the first end wall is in a deployed position, the first end wall and the two side walls define three sides of an enclosure for storing one or more small objects supported by the structural component wherein a central walkthrough gap is defined between the structural component and the row of seats and, when the stowable storage apparatus is in a deployed state, the first end wall of the stowable storage apparatus is spaced away from the structural component so that the two side walls of the stowable storage apparatus span substantially an entire longitudinal depth of the central walkthrough gap.
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