Console for vehicle interior
The invention relates to a console for a vehicle passenger compartment. The console comprises for example an armrest and a fixed storage compartment that is under the armrest. The object of the invention is to provide a console comprising a storage compartment that offers a high degree of flexibility with respect to the possible uses in the vehicle and with respect to the space requirement. The particularity is that the console of a vehicle has a frame and a container, wherein the container is mounted so as to be movable relative to the frame, and wherein the container can be completely separated from the frame.
1. A console of a vehicle, the console comprising:
a frame formed with a recess, movable between a primary position and a secondary position, and having an upper side forming an armrest;
a groove or rail in the vehicle defining a guide path extending from the frame;
means for height adjustment of the armrest; and
a container mounted so as to be movable relative to the frame independently of or together with the frame between the primary and secondary positions and along the guide path between a position nested in the frame and a position spaced along the guide path and separated from the frame, the container being accessible through the recess in the nested position.
2. The console according to claim 1 , wherein the container is completely separated from the frame in the separated position.
3. The console according to either claim 1 , wherein, in the primary position, the armrest is above the container at least in part.
4. The console according to claim 1 , wherein the armrest is formed with an opening closable by a cover.
5. The console according to claim 1 , wherein the frame forms a tunnel in which the container can fit in the nested position.
6. The console according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a pair of front seats in the vehicle spacedly transversely flanking the primary position; and
a pair of rear seats in the vehicle spacedly transversely flanking the secondary position.
7. The console according to claim 6 , wherein there are two of the recesses on the frame each opening transversely toward a respective one of the front seats.