Motor vehicle storage apparatus

• US 6,308,873 B1
• Filed: 12/30/1999
• Issued: 10/30/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lear Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lear Corporation
• Inventors: Avram, Eileen Marie, Baldas, Jason Paul, Alfano, Gregory W.
• Primary Examiner(s): GARBE, STEPHEN P
• Application Number:
  US09/475,828
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 224/281, 224/404, 224/310, 224/314, 224/539, 517/8, 517/15, 517/47
• US Class Current: 224/281
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/02 in separate luggage compartment B60R7/005 takes precedence

Abstract

A motor vehicle storage apparatus comprises a tray. Opposing doors are pivoted to the tray. The doors are displaceable between a raised position and a lowered position. Ends are pivoted to the tray. The ends are displaceable between a raised position and a lowered position. The doors and the ends cooperate to form peripheral walls for bounding a storage area when in the raised position.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle storage apparatus comprising:

a base adapted to be attached to a vehicle floor;

a tray slidably mounted on said base;

a pair of opposing doors each pivoted to said tray, said doors being displaceable between a raised position and a lowered position; and

a pair of opposing ends each pivoted to said tray, said ends being displaceable between a raised position and a lowered position, said doors and said ends cooperating to form walls for bounding a storage area when in the raised position.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said doors and said ends are adapted to cooperatively engage one another so that said doors and said ends remain in a substantially fixed position relative to one another.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising retainers for retaining said ends in a substantially fixed position relative to said doors.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a partition, said partition being displaceable between a raised position and a lowered position, said partition dividing said storage area into a plurality of storage areas when in the raised position.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said partition is pivotally attached to said tray.

6. An apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said partition includes a peripheral frame and a net supported by said frame.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said base includes a groove, said tray including a track portion disposed in said groove for slidably mounting said tray to said base.

8. An apparatus according to claim 1 in combination with a motor vehicle having a cargo area defining a rear opening, and wherein said tray is slidably mounted on said base such that said tray is movable to a position wherein a portion of said tray extends beyond said rear opening of said cargo area.