Console retainer with integrated shifter retention

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2011-01-25

2011-01-25

Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Enclosed compartment

C074S473150

Reexamination Certificate

active

07874603

ABSTRACT:
A console retainer mounts to a floor of a motor vehicle and receives a floor transmission shifter assembly. The shifter assembly has a forward end and a rearward end. The console retainer includes a frame portion for coupling to the floor and configured to receive at least one console trim piece. A pair of lateral side walls are integrally formed with the frame portion as a molded thermoplastic unit, wherein the lateral side walls are substantially parallel to delimit a mounting space for the shifter assembly therebetween, wherein the lateral side walls each have a forward retention feature for fixedly retaining the forward end of the shifter assembly, and wherein the lateral side walls each have a rearward retention feature for fixedly retaining the rearward end of the shifter assembly.

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