Vehicle cargo management system

US6874667B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson Controls Technology Company · US

Inventors

• Jonathan Alan Dykstra · Holland, US
• Darren McIntire · Holland, US
• Leif A. Norland · Norwalk, US
• Donald L. Sauer · Holland, US
• David B. Fry · Holland, US
• Adam W. Callif · Chicago, US
• Chris Hogg · Holland, US
• Mike Burns · Chicago, US
• John Michael Brett · Tewkesbury, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2005
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S224/925
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cargo management system of this invention includes a deep well storage area beneath a cargo floor, which well may be horizontally and/or vertically divided and which preferably includes a plurality of doors to access the well. In the illustrated embodiment, the management system also includes a panel which may be placed into three positions: a first storage position in which the panel is flush against the back of the rear seat; a second shelf position in which the panel is horizontal and spaced from the cargo floor by a first distance; and a third privacy shield position in which the panel is also horizontal but is spaced from the cargo floor a second distance, the second distance exceeding the first distance.