Storage container for a vehicle

1. A vehicle comprising:

a frame;

a seat connected to the frame;

a member connected to the frame;

a storage container receiving surface connected to the frame;

a protrusion protruding from the storage container receiving surface; and

a storage container selectively disposed on the storage container receiving surface, the storage container having:

a storage container body having a bottom surface, the bottom surface defining a recess, the protrusion being selectively received in the recess; and

a clip connected to the storage container body, the member being selectively received in the clip, the clip defining a passage to receive the member therein, a diameter of the member in a vertical direction being less than a height of the passage,

the storage container being selectively removable from the vehicle.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:

the seat is disposed in a cockpit area of the vehicle;

the storage container receiving surface is a cockpit floor;

the seat has a seat base; and

the storage container is disposed on the cockpit floor under the seat base.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein:

the seat base is pivotable between a seating position and a storage position;

in the seating position, the seat base extends over the storage container and prevents removal of the storage container from the vehicle; and

in the storage position, the seat base is positioned such that the storage container can be lifted and removed from the vehicle.

4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the seat base is connected to the member.

5. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the storage container also has a lid connected to the container body, the lid being movable between an open position permitting access to an interior of the storage container and a closed position preventing access to the interior of the storage container.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the clip is connected to an upper portion of a side wall of the storage container body.

7. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:

the protrusion has a first height;

the passage, defined by the clip to receive the member therein, has a second height; and

the first height is greater than the second height.

8. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:

an opened end of the passage faces toward a bottom of the container body; and

the passage tapers toward the opened end thereof.

9. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the open end of the passage is smaller than a diameter of the member such that the clip deforms when the member is inserted in the clip.

10. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the recess is eccentrically located in the bottom surface of the container body.

11. A vehicle comprising:

a frame;

a seat connected to the frame;

a member connected to the frame;

a storage container receiving surface connected to the frame;

a protrusion protruding from the storage container receiving surface; and

a storage container selectively disposed on the storage container receiving surface, the storage container having:

a storage container body having a bottom surface, the bottom surface defining a recess, the protrusion being selectively received in the recess; and

a clip connected to the storage container body, the member being selectively received in the clip, the clip defining a passage to receive the member therein, an opened end of the passage facing toward a bottom of the container body, the passage tapering toward the opened end thereof,

the storage container being selectively removable from the vehicle.

12. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the open end of the passage is smaller than a diameter of the member such that the clip deforms when the member is inserted in the clip.

13. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein:

the seat is disposed in a cockpit area of the vehicle;

the storage container receiving surface is a cockpit floor;

the seat has a seat base; and

the storage container is disposed on the cockpit floor under the seat base.

14. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein:

the seat base is pivotable between a seating position and a storage position;

in the seating position, the seat base extends over the storage container and prevents removal of the storage container from the vehicle; and

in the storage position, the seat base is positioned such that the storage container can be lifted and removed from the vehicle.

15. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the seat base is connected to the member.

16. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the storage container also has a lid connected to the container body, the lid being movable between an open position permitting access to an interior of the storage container and a closed position preventing access to the interior of the storage container.

17. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the clip is connected to an upper portion of a side wall of the storage container body.

18. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein:

the protrusion has a first height;

the passage, defined by the clip to receive the member therein, has a second height; and

the first height is greater than the second height.

19. A vehicle comprising:

a frame;

a seat connected to the frame;

a member connected to the frame;

a storage container receiving surface connected to the frame;

a protrusion protruding from the storage container receiving surface; and

a storage container selectively disposed on the storage container receiving surface, the storage container having:

a storage container body having a bottom surface, the bottom surface defining a recess, the recess being eccentrically located in the bottom surface of the container body, the protrusion being selectively received in the recess; and

a clip connected to the storage container body, the member being selectively received in the clip,

the storage container being selectively removable from the vehicle.

20. The vehicle of claim 19 , wherein:

the seat is disposed in a cockpit area of the vehicle;

the storage container receiving surface is a cockpit floor;

the seat has a seat base; and

the storage container is disposed on the cockpit floor under the seat base.

21. The vehicle of claim 20 , wherein:

the seat base is pivotable between a seating position and a storage position;

in the seating position, the seat base extends over the storage container and prevents removal of the storage container from the vehicle; and

in the storage position, the seat base is positioned such that the storage container can be lifted and removed from the vehicle.

22. The vehicle of claim 21 , wherein the seat base is connected to the member.

23. The vehicle of claim 19 , wherein the storage container also has a lid connected to the container body, the lid being movable between an open position permitting access to an interior of the storage container and a closed position preventing access to the interior of the storage container.

24. The vehicle of claim 19 , wherein the clip is connected to an upper portion of a side wall of the storage container body.

25. The vehicle of claim 19 , wherein:

the protrusion has a first height;

a passage, defined by the clip to receive the member therein, has a second height; and

the first height is greater than the second height.

26. The vehicle of claim 19 , wherein:

the clip defines a passage to receive the member therein;

an opened end of the passage faces toward a bottom of the container body; and

the passage tapers toward the opened end thereof.

27. The vehicle of claim 26 , wherein the open end of the passage is smaller than a diameter of the member such that the clip deforms when the member is inserted in the clip.