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Granted Patent B2
US 10,414,316 · App. 15/633,849 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Container holder for a trim panel

Inventors: Gustavo Llamas Maldonado (Mexico City, MX); Jose Carlos Hernandez (Mexico State, MX); Jorge Araujo Nieto (Calimaya, MX)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
B60N3/102B60N3/10B60R13/0243B60R2013/0287
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Patent No.
US 10,414,316
App. No.
15/633,849
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A trim panel includes a container holder operably coupled to a storage area. A scuff plate is positioned below the trim panel. The scuff plate has a container receptacle.

Claims (29)

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a trim panel, comprising:

a storage area; and

a container holder operably coupled to the storage area; and

a scuff plate coupled to a floor of the vehicle and positioned below the trim panel, wherein the scuff plate comprises a container receptacle, wherein the scuff plate is separately formed from the trim panel.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the container holder further comprises:

a rotating bezel.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the container holder is configured to hold a single beverage container when the rotating bezel is in a stowed position and a plurality of beverage containers when the rotating bezel is in a deployed position.

4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the deployed position of the rotating bezel positions the rotating bezel directly above a wall of the container receptacle in the scuff plate.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the rotating bezel rotates about a fixed vertical axis in a horizontal direction as the rotating bezel is transitioned between the stowed position and the deployed position.

6. A vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the container receptacle in the scuff plate retains a beverage container external to the trim panel.

7. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of beverage containers comprises a first beverage container and a second beverage container.

8. A vehicle, comprising:

a trim panel having a container holder operably coupled to a storage area, wherein the container holder includes a rotating bezel, wherein the container holder is configured to hold a first beverage container when the rotating bezel is in a stowed position and a second beverage containers when the rotating bezel is in a deployed position, and wherein the second beverage container is retained at a location that is external to the trim panel.

9. The vehicle of claim 8 , further comprising:

a scuff plate coupled to a floor of the vehicle and positioned below the trim panel, wherein the scuff plate comprises a container receptacle, and wherein the scuff plate is separately formed from the trim panel.

10. The vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the deployed position of the rotating bezel positions the rotating bezel directly above a wall of the container receptacle in the scuff plate.

11. The vehicle of claim 10 , wherein the rotating bezel rotates about a fixed vertical axis in a horizontal direction as the rotating bezel is transitioned between the stowed position and the deployed position.

12. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the rotating bezel is semi-circular in shape.

13. The vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the container receptacle is configured to retain the second beverage container independent of the rotating bezel.

14. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the trim panel is a vehicle door trim panel.

15. A vehicle, comprising:

a container holder operably coupled to a storage area, wherein the container holder includes a rotating bezel, and wherein the container holder is configured to hold a single beverage container when the rotating bezel is in a stowed position and a plurality of beverage containers when the rotating bezel is in a deployed position; and

a scuff plate coupled to a floor of the vehicle and positioned below the trim panel, wherein the scuff plate comprises a container receptacle, and wherein the scuff plate is separately formed from the trim panel.

16. The vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the deployed position of the rotating bezel positions the rotating bezel directly above a wall of the container receptacle in the scuff plate.

17. The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the rotating bezel rotates about a fixed vertical axis in a horizontal direction as the rotating bezel is transitioned between the stowed position and the deployed position.

18. The vehicle of claim 17 , wherein the rotating bezel is semi-circular in shape.

19. The vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of beverage containers comprises a first beverage container and a second beverage container.

20. The vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the trim panel is a vehicle door trim panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2017
From: LLAMAS MALDONADO, GUSTAVO; HERNANDEZ, JOSE CARLOS; ARAUJO NIETO, JORGE
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 042822/0159 →
Continuity (1)
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