Motor vehicle storage compartment

• US 5,052,762 A
• Filed: 05/16/1990
• Issued: 10/01/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Nguyen, Van Hung, Eichler, Siegfried, Korber, Jurgen
• Primary Examiner(s): Falk, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US07/523,998
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• Field of Search: 312/242, 312/328, 312/326
• US Class Current: 312/242
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards

Abstract

A storage compartment for a motor vehicle and the like, comprises a receptacle having a bottom well which is lowered relative to an access opening situated at the front. The receptacle has a carrier body into which the bottom well can be detachably inserted, and upright side wall parts, formed or and extending beyond the bottom well. When upright, the side wall parts prevent the bottom well from being removed from the carrier body and can be folded in against the bottom well.

Claims

1. Storage compartment for a motor vehicle interior portion having an access opening, comprising a receptacle having a front portion situated at the access opening, a bottom well having side walls and being configured to be lowerable relative to the access opening, a carrier body into which the bottom well is arranged to be detachably inserted, and upright side wall parts formed on the sides of the bottom well so as to be foldable inwardly toward one another well when the bottom well is lowered relative to the access opening and then movable into an upright position thereafter so that, when in the upright position, the side walls parts prevent the bottom well from being removed from the carrier body.

2. The storage compartment according to claim 1, wherein a wall part of the bottom well remote from the access opening is fastened in relation to the carrier body.

3. The storage compartment according to claim 1, wherein projecting catches are provided for securing a front end edge of the bottom well, by close to the access opening to the carrier body.

4. The storage compartment according to claim 1, wherein a film hinge-like reduction of material on an outside surface joins the upright wall parts to the bottom well.

5. The storage compartment according to claim 2, wherein projecting catches are provided for securing a front end edge of the bottom well, by close to the access opening to the carrier body.

6. The storage compartment according to claim 2, wherein a film hinge-like reduction of material on an outside surface joins the upright wall parts to the bottom well.

7. The storage compartment according to claim 5, wherein a film hinge-like reduction of material on an outside surface join the upright wall parts to the bottom well.