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Storage device for vehicle luggage compartment

  • US 5,626,380 A
  • Filed: 09/01/1995
  • Issued: 05/06/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A storage device for a luggage compartment in a vehicle of the type having a spare tire stowage recess in the floor of the luggage compartment, comprising:

  • a storage box positioned within the luggage compartment, said box having a horizontal floor panel and a vertical upstanding front and side walls and remaining open at the top and at the rear to enable placement of luggage into the box;

    first and second laterally spaced apart slide tracks positioned respectively on opposite sides of the spare tire stowage recess and mounting the box on the floor of the luggage compartment for fore and aft sliding movement;

    an opening in the floor panel of the box to allow access to the spare tire stowage recess in the floor of the luggage compartment when the box is slid aft;

    and a door panel hingedly mounted on the box to normally close the opening in the floor panel and being hingedly raised to an open position to provide access to the spare tire storage recess when the box is slid aft.

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