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Removable in-floor storage device

US8231164B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22References

13Claims

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Assignee

Chrysler Group LLC · US

Inventors

James D. Schubring · Swartz Creek, US
Werner Schneider · Erbach, DE
Eugene Bowerman · Rochester Hills, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 2009
Grant date	Jul 31, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 29, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R7/04
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A removable in-floor storage device for a vehicle floorpan well, including a lid assembly have a frame mounted on a floorpan surface about the periphery of the floorpan well so as to define a frame opening, and a lid pivotally mounted on the frame to move from a closed position to an open position allowing access to the frame opening. The storage device further includes a removable storage bin adapted to be received within the frame opening and supported within the frame opening by the frame, to thereby define a storage chamber within the vehicle generally beneath the floorpan surface.

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