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Truck cab console with integral trash container

  • US 5,743,585 A
  • Filed: 06/14/1996
  • Issued: 04/28/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A trash container apparatus for a truck cab comprising:

  • a console having a front surface;

    a trash container having an inside for receiving trash therein, and at least one front side, said at least one front side being of a contour which integrates with the front surface of the cab console and the cab console shielding the inside of the container from view by the occupants of the cab when said trash container is in a closed position;

    the console defining a trash container access opening through which trash is deposited into the trash container when the trash container is in a closed position;

    said trash container being selectively movable from a closed position to an open position, when in the open position the trash container a positioned away from the front surface of the cab console to allow access to the inside of the container to remove any accumulated trash;

    upright trash door positioned to allow access through a trash-receiving opening covered by the door to the inside of the trash container for disposing trash therein when the trash container is in the closed positioned; and

    the trash container has two front sides, a first of said front sides substantially facing a driver'"'"'s seat in the cab and a second front side substantially facing a passenger seat in the truck cab, wherein the trash door is positioned on the cab console substantially above the trash container and above the first of said front sides and is pivotable about a hinge to move it from a closed position to an open position to allow access through the trash-receiving opening to the inside of the trash container for disposing trash therein, and wherein the two front sides are visible to an occupant in the cab when the trash container is in the closed position.

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