Vehicle jack and tool bag installation
View Patent ↗An installation is provided in a cargo area of a vehicle for the stowage of a vehicle jack and tools useful in the changing of a wheel of the vehicle. The installation includes a receptacle in a recess in a deck of the cargo area. The receptacle includes an open top container having space to accommodate the jack and the tools. A cover plate across the top of the container covers a portion of the top only, leaving an access opening through which the jack and the tools may be inserted into and removed from the space in the receptacle.
1. An installation in a cargo area of a vehicle for the stowage of a vehicle jack and tools useful in the changing of a wheel of the vehicle, comprising:
a recess in a horizontal deck of the cargo area,
a receptacle in the recess,
said receptacle comprising an open top container having space therewithin to accommodate the jack and the tools,
said receptacle including a cover plate across the top of the container covering a first portion of the top only, defining an access opening in a second portion of the top permitting the jack and the tools to be inserted into and removed from the space in the container,
said receptacle being disposed entirely within the recess in a position such that the cover plate is at or below the level of the horizontal deck,
wherein the container has a bottom wall comprised of a plurality of spaced apart raised rests upon which the jack is adapted to be seated, and
wherein the cover plate has a flange adapted to abut and locate a portion of the jack.
2. The installation of claim 1 , wherein one of the tools comprises a lug wrench and the access opening defined by the cover plate includes a second recess adapted to receive and locate a portion of the lug wrench.
3. The installation of claim 1 , wherein said cover plate has an undersurface adapted to be engaged by a portion of the jack when the jack is slightly raised from a lowered position.
4. The installation of claim 3 , wherein the jack, while stowed in the container, is accessible through the access opening to enable an operator to slightly raise the jack from the lowered position.
5. The installation of claim 1 , wherein the bottom wall is formed with a well to be occupied by the tools with the raised rests disposed on opposite sides of the well.
6. The installation of claim 1 , further comprising a sheet of sound deadening material received in the container and disposed between the jack and the tools.
7. The installation of claim 1 , wherein the access opening has a second recess adapted to receive and locate a lug wrench portion of one of the tools, the cover plate has a flange adapted to abut and locate a portion of the jack, the cover plate has an undersurface adapted to be engaged by a portion of the jack when the jack is slightly raised from a lowered position, and the jack, while stowed in the container, is accessible through the access opening to enable an operator to slightly raise the jack from the lowered position.
8. The installation of claim 7 , wherein a sheet of sounding deadening material is extended across the area between the rests to separate the jack from the tools.
9. An installation for the stowage of a jack and tools useful in the changing oh wheel of a vehicle, comprising:
a receptacle,
said receptacle comprising an open-top container having a space therewithin to accommodate the jack and the tools,
said receptacle including a cover plate across the top of the container covering a first portion of the top only, but leaving an access opening in a second portion of the top to permit the jack and the tools to be inserted into and removed from the space within the container,
wherein said container has a bottom wall formed with a well to be occupied by the tools, and
wherein one of the tools comprises a lug wrench and the access opening defined by the cover plate includes a second recess adapted to receive and locate a lug wrench socket of the lug wrench.
10. The installation of claim 9 , wherein the cover plate has a flange adapted to abut and locate a portion of the jack.
11. The installation of claim 9 , wherein said cover plate has an undersurface adapted to be engaged by a portion of the jack when the jack is slightly raised from a lowered position.
12. The installation of claim 11 , wherein the jack, while stowed in the container, is accessible though the access opening to enable an operator to slightly raise the jack from the lowered position.
13. The installation of claim 9 , wherein said container has raised rests on opposite sides of the well upon which the jack is adapted to be seated.
14. The installation of claim 13 , wherein a sheet of sound deadening material is extended across the area between said rests to separate the jack from the tools.
15. The installation of claim 13 , wherein the access opening has a second recess adapted to receive and locate a lug wrench portion of one of the tools, the cover plate has a flange adapted to abut and locate a portion of the jack, the cover plate has an undersurface adapted to be engaged by a portion of the jack when the jack is slightly raised from a lowered position, and the jack, while stowed in the container, is accessible through the access opening to enable art operator to slightly raise the jack from the lowered position.
16. The installation of claim 15 , wherein a sheet of sounding deadening material is extended across the area between the rests to separate the jack from the tools.
17. An installation for the stowage of a jack and tools useful in the changing of a wheel of a vehicle that includes a container in combination with the jack and the tools comprising:
a jack comprised of a base plate disposed in operable cooperation with a lift plate movable relative thereto and a plurality of tools with one of the tools adapted to actuate the jack,
an elongate container comprised of a bottom wall, a pair of spaced apart sidewalls extending outwardly from the bottom wall, and a cover plate fixed to the sidewalls and defining an access opening through which the jack and the tools can be inserted or removed, wherein the container comprises a plurality of spaced apart locators that engage and locate the jack therein and an elongated well formed therein in which the plurality of tools extend.
18. The installation of claim 17 wherein the jack comprises a scissors lift vehicle jack, one of the plurality of locators comprises a plurality of locator darts disposed along each sidewall that engage and laterally locate the jack at or adjacent one end of the jack, and another one of the plurality of locators comprises a flange that extends downwardly from the cover plate into the container that engages and locates the jack at or adjacent the other end of the jack.