Mechanized floor console

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Filed on

1998-10-16

Date issued

2000-07-11

Examiner

Pape, Joseph D.

Patent Class

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

SubClass

Bodies

SubSubClass

Auxiliary article compartments

Other Related Categories

B60R 704

Type

Patent

Status

active

Patent number

060861290

Description

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle passenger compartment floor console includes a module receptacle and a plurality of interchangeable storage and appliance modules designed to fit within the module receptacle. The floor console may also include a drum-type carrousel supported for rotation about a generally horizontal axis within the console outer shell. The carrousel holds three storage modules and is positioned to sequentially rotate each module past an access opening cut or formed through the console outer shell. A passenger compartment occupant may use the console to selectively present any one of a number of interchangeable modules for occupant access while traveling.

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