Glove compartment

• US 4,355,837 A
• Filed: 10/17/1980
• Issued: 10/26/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tsuda, Hiroshi, Fukunaga, Yukio, Shimizu, Kenzo
• Primary Examiner(s): Bertsch, Richard A.
• Application Number:
  US06/197,910
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• Field of Search: 296/37.12, 296/37.1, 296/37.8
• US Class Current: 296/37.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards

Abstract

A glove compartment provided in an instrument panel of an automobile disclosed herein comprises a first lid adapted to be opened to provide a wide coplanar surface with a bottom of the compartment, and an upper lid adapted to be opened into an upper opened position, thereby providing a wide space for writing and putting baggage on the opened first lid and the bottom of the compartment.

Claims

1. A glove compartment in an instrument pannel of an automotive vehicle, comprising:

a bottom plate having a front portion and a rear portion when looking forwardly, and lid means including a first lid pivotally connected to said compartment adjacent said rear portion, and a second lid pivotally connected to said compartment adjacent to but spaced upwardly above said front portion, said first lid having an essentially planar inner surface, said first and second lids each being pivotable into closed positions in which they close said compartment, and into open positions in which said first lid forms a flush, abutting extension of said bottom plate and said second lid provides access to said compartment from above.

2. A glove compartment according to claim 1, wherein said instrument pannel is sunk to form a space for said glove compartment.

3. A glove compartment according to claim 1, wherein an illuminator is provided in said glove compartment.

4. A glove compartment according to claim 3, wherein said illuminator is located on a front pannel of said glove compartment.