Storage area placed on the dashboard of a motor vehicle

• US 5,419,265 A
• Filed: 04/25/1994
• Issued: 05/30/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gerd Zimmerman
• Original Assignee: Gerd Zimmerman
• Inventors: Zimmerman, Gerd
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILKENS, JANET MARIE
• Application Number:
  US08/233,362
• Time in Patent Office: 400 Days
• Field of Search: 108/44, 108/45, 108/46, 108/25
• US Class Current: 108/45
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/002 of trays

Abstract

A tray for use in a truck having a peaked dash is provided with a support yoke and suction cups attached to the tray at its windshield end. Because the mounting mechanism is simple and all at the windshield end, the tray is easily mounted and dismounted and is unlikely to interfere with dashboard gauges or instruments.

Claims

1. A tray adapted for use in a motor vehicle having a windshield and a dashboard, said dashboard having a highest point spaced from said windshield, said tray comprising a generally flat support surface having a given length, a forward end and a rearward end, a support yoke hingedly connected to said support surface at said forward end, at least one suction cup attached to said support surface at said forward end, whereby said support surface may be disposed horizontally resting on said dashboard at a support point remote from said windshield and supported at said forward end by said yoke and said suction cup.

2. The tray of claim 1 wherein said yoke is adjustable in height.

3. The tray of claim 2 wherein said yoke comprises two vertical members having bottoms and a horizontal member interconnecting the bottoms of said vertical members.

4. The tray of the claim 1 wherein said yoke is connected to said support surface by lockable hinges.

5. The tray of claim 4 wherein said lockable hinges are lockable by means of clamping screws.

6. The tray of claim 1 wherein said support surface is provided with a plurality of recesses of different depth.