Vehicle console

Details Vehicle console Vehicle console

1999-12-20

2001-07-24

Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Auxiliary article compartments

C296S065030, C297S256160, C297S188210

Reexamination Certificate

active

06264261

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a vehicle console and more particularly, to a console which is movably contained within a vehicle and which is adapted to selectively and operatively support a child safety seat.
BACKGROUND
Consoles are normally and fixedly deployed within a vehicle and, more particularly, are typically deployed in close proximity to the driver's “position” or seat. The consoles are adapted to removably contain and/or store items and/or goods and are further adapted to allow the goods to be selectively utilized within the vehicle. Typically, these consoles occupy one or more vehicle areas or regions which normally contain and/or include a passenger seat. While it is desirable to have or provide a relatively large amount of console type storage space within the vehicle, it is not usually or typically desirable to reduce the amount of vehicle seating space, since the amount of such seating space limits the number of passengers that may comfortably reside within the vehicle. The amount of storage space and/or the size of the provided console is therefore typically limited by the amount of passenger seating space which is desired to be relinquished or “sacrificed” in order to provide such storage space.
Moreover, these vehicle storage consoles are typically fixed within or stationarlly positioned within the vehicle and require a user to be seated or positioned in close proximity to a console in order to access or utilize the console. Hence, passengers residing within the “back seat” or the rear of the passenger compartment do not have ready access to the console. The stationary positioning of the console within the vehicle thereby limits the overall utility of the console.
Therefore it may be desirable to provide a storage console which allows for the placement of additional seating within the vehicle and which is movably disposed within the vehicle, thereby allowing the console to be used or deployed in several positions while concomitantly allowing the provided seating to be selectively deployed in a desired location within the vehicle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a first object of the present invention to provide a vehicle console which overcomes some or all of the previously delineated drawbacks of prior vehicle consoles.
It is a second object of the present invention to provide a vehicle console which overcomes some or all of the previously delineated drawbacks of prior vehicle consoles and which is movably disposed within a vehicle.
It is a third object of the present invention to provide a vehicle console which overcomes some or all of the previously delineated drawbacks of prior vehicle consoles and which is adapted to selectively store and supportably dispose a child safety seat within a vehicle.
It is a fourth object of the present invention to provide a vehicle console which overcomes some or all of the previously delineated drawbacks of prior consoles and which selectively stores a child safety seat.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, a vehicle console is provided which selectively and supportably receives a child safety seat and movably and operatively positions a child safety seat within the vehicle.
According to a second aspect of the present invention a console for use within a vehicle is provided. The console includes a hollow body having an opening which allows an object to be selectively placed within the body; at least one member which is coupled to the hollow body and to the vehicle and which allows the body to be selectively movable within the vehicle; and a cover which is movably coupled to the body portion and which is movable from a first position in which the cover overlays the opening to a second position.
These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the invention when taken in combination with the attached drawings.


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