Modular interior cargo management assembly in police or commercial vehicle

• US 8,651,351 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2011
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Fowler, James Hugh, Freiburger, Randy Michael, Fulkerson, Gary R
• Primary Examiner(s): WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J
• Application Number:
  US13/072,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20120048903A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,061 Days
• Field of Search: 224/539, 224/498, 224/499, 224/281, 224/400, 224402-405, 224540-544, 296/26.09, 296/37.1, 296/37.8, 312/201, 312/202, 312/349
• US Class Current: 224/543
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 5/04 arranged at rear of vehicle B60R5/003, B60R5/006 take precedence; external trunks arranged at rear of vehicle B60R9/065
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/02 in separate luggage compartment B60R7/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/08 Disposition of racks, clips , holders, containers or the like for supporting specific articles B60R7/005 takes precedence

Abstract

A cargo management assembly for a vehicle having a support structure having a utility wall and side supports. A cabinet assembly is operably connected with the support structure. A barrier partition is disposed above the utility wall. A floor member is disposed below the cabinet assembly and the barrier partition. The floor member includes a spare tire access panel.

Claims

1. A modular cargo management assembly comprising:

a support structure having a structural wall and angled side supports;

a cabinet having a narrowed section and moveably connected with the support structure between extended and retracted positions;

perforated panels adjacent the narrowed section;

a barrier partition above the structural wall; and

a spare tire access panel on a floor member below the support structure, between the angled side supports, operable with the cabinet the retracted position.

2. The modular cargo management assembly of claim 1, wherein the barrier partition includes a rigid outer frame with a rigid interior fenced portion disposed inside the rigid outer frame.

3. The modular cargo management assembly of claim 1, wherein the structural utility wall defines an integrated utility space for at least one electronic device.

4. The modular cargo management assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one lower storage member disposed adjacent to a side of a spare tire compartment and below the spare tire access panel of the floor member.

5. The modular cargo management assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one side storage member suspended on at least one of the angled side supports above the spare tire access panel of the floor member.

6. The modular cargo management assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

a slidable planning table operably connected with the support structure and operable between a stored position and an extended position.

7. The modular cargo management assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

a sliding rail that supports the cabinet and is adapted to move the cabinet in a cargo area of a vehicle, thereby providing a user additional access to the cabinet.

8. A vehicular cargo management assembly comprising:

a support structure having a structural utility wall and first and second angled side supports extending horizontally away from structural utility wall and downward adjacent to a spare tire access panel;

top and bottom cabinet assemblies operably connected with the support structure, wherein the top and bottom cabinet assemblies slide between a stowed position and an extended position, and wherein the bottom cabinet assembly is narrower than the top cabinet assembly to define storage spaces disposed adjacent to each side of the bottom cabinet assembly;

perforated panels disposed adjacent the bottom cabinet assemble proximate the storage spaces;

a rigid barrier partition disposed on the support structure above the utility wall; and

a floor member disposed below the top and bottom cabinet assemblies and the rigid barrier partition, wherein the floor member includes the spare tire access panel that is operable when the top and bottom cabinet assemblies are in the stowed position.

9. The vehicular cargo management assembly of claim 8, wherein the rigid barrier partition includes a rigid outer frame with a rigid interior fenced portion disposed inside the rigid outer frame.

10. The vehicular cargo management assembly of claim 8, wherein the structural utility wall defines an integrated utility space for at least one electronic device.

11. The vehicular cargo management assembly of claim 8, further comprising:

at least one lower storage member disposed adjacent to a side of a spare tire compartment and below the spare tire access panel of the floor member.

12. The vehicular cargo management assembly of claim 8, further comprising:

at least one side storage member suspended on at least one of the first and second angled side supports above the spare tire access panel.

13. The vehicular cargo management assembly of claim 8, further comprising:

a slidable planning table operably connected with the support structure and operable between a stored position and an extended position.

14. The vehicular cargo management assembly of claim 8, further comprising:

a sliding rail that supports the top and bottom cabinet assemblies and is adapted to move the top and bottom cabinet assemblies in a cargo area of a vehicle, thereby providing a user additional access to the top and bottom cabinet assemblies.

15. A vehicular rear compartment cargo management assembly comprising:

a support structure including a structural utility wall and angled side supports;

a cabinet having a narrowed section supporting a widened section, the cabinet beings operably connected to the support structure and moveable between rearward and forward positions;

perforated panels disposed adjacent the narrowed section;

a rigid barrier partition connected to the support structure;

and

a spare tire access panel disposed between the angled side supports and operable when the cabinet is in the rearward position.

16. The vehicular rear compartment cargo management assembly of claim 15, wherein the rigid barrier partition includes a rigid outer frame with a rigid interior fenced portion disposed inside the rigid outer frame.

17. The vehicular rear compartment cargo management assembly of claim 15, wherein the structural utility wall defines an integrated utility space for at least one electronic device.

18. The vehicular rear compartment cargo management assembly of claim 15, further comprising:

at least one side storage member suspended on at least one of the angled supports above the spare tire access panel.

19. The vehicular rear compartment cargo management assembly of claim 15, further comprising:

a slidable planning table operably connected with the support structure and operable between a stored position and an extended position.

20. The vehicular rear compartment cargo management assembly of claim 15, further comprising:

a sliding rail that supports the cabinet and is adapted to move the cabinet in a cargo area of a vehicle, thereby providing a user additional access to the cabinet.