Motor vehicle armrest with storage space

US5752740A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Tilo Volkmann · Sindelfingen, DE
• Juergen Koerber · Sindelfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 1, 1996
• Grant date: May 19, 1998
• Expiry date: Jul 1, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2011/0282
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An armrest for vehicles has a basic body constructed with an upwardly open receiving compartment and a closing flap which covers the receiving compartment. The closing flap is swivellably held on the basic body and has an arm supporting padding and a depositing compartment. For making the depositing tray accessible from the rear seat of the vehicle between the backrests of the two front seats, with a low-cost manufacture and an attractive appearance of the armrest, the arm padding support is provided with a central opening. A sliding blind which covers the depositing tray is longitudinally slidably guided in the closing flap.