Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Seat associated
Reexamination Certificate
2001-09-14
2003-11-11
Cronin, Stephen K. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Seat associated
C224S042110, C224S281000, C296S037150, C297S188080, C297S188110
Reexamination Certificate
active
06644523
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to storage devices for vehicles and more particularly pertains to a new storage device for positioning below a rear seat in a pick-up truck.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of storage devices for vehicles is known in the prior art. More specifically, storage devices for vehicles heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,667,115; U.S. Pat. No. 6,082,802; U.S. Pat. No. 5,902,009; U.S. Pat. No. 5,709,329; U.S. Pat. No. 4,830,579; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 433,809.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new storage device. The inventive device includes a housing having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The peripheral wall includes a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. A pair of intermediate walls extend from the back wall to the front wall and are spaced from each other such that the housing is divided into a first compartment, a second compartment and a third compartment wherein the second compartment is positioned between the first and third compartments. A cover is pivotally coupled to an upper edge of the back wall. The cover is positionable over the housing. The housing may be positioned below a rear seat in a pick-up truck.
In these respects, the storage device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of positioning below a rear seat in a pick-up truck.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of storage devices for vehicles now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new storage device construction wherein the same can be utilized for positioning below a rear seat in a pick-up truck.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new storage device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the storage devices for vehicles mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new storage device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art storage devices for vehicles, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The peripheral wall includes a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. A pair of intermediate walls extend from the back wall to the front wall and are spaced from each other such that the housing is divided into a first compartment, a second compartment and a third compartment wherein the second compartment is positioned between the first and third compartments. A cover is pivotally coupled to an upper edge of the back wall. The cover is positionable over the housing. The housing may be positioned below a rear seat in a pick-up truck.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new storage device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the storage devices for vehicles mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new storage device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art storage devices for vehicles, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new storage device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new storage device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new storage device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such storage device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new storage device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new storage device for positioning below a rear seat in a pick-up truck.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new storage device which includes a housing having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The peripheral wall includes a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. A pair of intermediate walls extend from the back wall to the front wall and are spaced from each other such that the housing is divided into a first compartment, a second compartment and a third compartment wherein the second compartment is positioned between the first and third compartments. A cover is pivotally coupled to an upper edge of the back wall. The cover is positionable over the housing. The housing may be positioned below a rear seat in a pick-up truck.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new storage device that is retrofitted to fit below the rear seat of an extended cab pick-up truck. The interior of pick-up trucks offers a large amount of storage space below the rear seat. The device organizes tools and other items for storage in this space.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4830579 (1989-05-01), Cheng
patent: 5039155 (1991-08-01), Suman et al.
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